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Month: July 2017

Iranian Pilgrims to Attend Haj in Saudi Arabia Following Boycott Last Year

thewire -Beirut: Nearly 90,000 Iranians are expected to attend the haj in Medina this year, and were due to start arriving on Sunday, after Tehran boycotted the pilgrimage last year amid…

Amazon under federal investigation for possibly violating Iran sanctions

UPI - Amazon told investors it is under federal investigation after the web-based retailer admitted to selling products to at least…

Iran upholds sentences of up to six months for Saudi embassy attackers

Al-Arabia - Iran’s official IRNA news agency has reported that an appeals court has approved the jail sentences for 10 people…

Iranian ex-president Ahmadinejad facing sentencing over misuse of funds

Al-Arabia - Iran's former president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, faces sentences on seven verdicts of misusing billions of dollars in government funds while…

MPs Say Efforts “Continuing” to Free Opposition Leaders Amid Karroubi’s Hospitalization

CHRI - Hospital Visit Could be "Step Towards" Ending House Arrests A member of Parliament who has been blocked from visiting…

Iran Condemns Sanctions, Says It Will Pursue Missile Program ‘With Full Power’

RFL/RE - Iran has condemned new sanctions passed by the U.S. Congress over its missile program and vowed to continue it.…

US, EU allies demand Iran halt ballistic activity

Al-Arabia - The United States and three of its European allies urged Iran to halt all ballistic missile activity after…

Iranian guards report new incident with US navy in Gulf

Al-Arabia - Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that the US Navy had approached their patrol vessels in the Arabian Gulf…

US Issues Sanctions After Iran Rocket Test

VOA - The United States imposed sanctions Friday on six subsidiaries of a company key to Iran’s ballistic missile program, citing…

Iran must not squander opportunity to end executions for drug-related offences

Amnesty - Iranian lawmakers must not miss a historic opportunity to reject the use of the death penalty for drug-related offences…