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Monthly Archives: November 2017

Egypt’s el-Sissi Warns Iran to Stop ‘Meddling’ in Region

VOA — Egypt’s president said Wednesday that Iran must stop “meddling” in the Middle East and the security of Arab Gulf countries must not be threatened, but he underscored that he does not want war and believes dialogue can resolve the region’s crises. With his comments, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi threw his support behind Egypt’s Gulf ally Saudi Arabia amid the kingdom’s …

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Iran: Four Prisoners Executed For Drug Offences

Iran Human Rights –  Four prisoners were executed at Urmia Central Prison (Northwestern Iran) on drug related charges. According to a close source, on the morning on Tuesday November 7, four prisoners were executed at Urmia Central Prison (Darya). The prisoners, who were sentenced to death on drug related charges, were transferred to solitary confinement from ward 15 yesterday. The prisoners …

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Iran’s debt market emerges as key to economic future

Al-Monitor – The rising issuance of various Islamic sukuk and, in particular, Islamic Treasury bills in the past three years in Iran is seen as evidence of the success and allure of the Iranian debt market.However, it should be noted that widespread sales of Islamic Treasury bills on Iran’s nascent bond market come at a price. Perhaps the most important factor contributing to the sales of bonds has …

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Iraq in talks to export Kirkuk oil to Iranian refinery

PayvandNews – Iran and Iraq have reportedly started talks over the shipment of crude oil from the fields around Kirkuk to the Kermanshah refinery inside the Iranian territory. Reports quoted Alaa al-Mussawi, the director of Iraq’s state-oil marketer State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO), as saying in a statement that the Kermanshah refinery would be supplied with 15,000 barrels …

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ANALYSIS: Iranian regime and its appalling violation of children’s rights

Al-Arabia – Children are the most vulnerable members of society and international institutions have taken many measures to enhance their security and welfare. In fact, November 20 is being celebrated as the United Nations’ Universal Children’s Day. However, Iranian regime is one of the most heinous violators of children’s rights. Since the time it seized power in 1979, it has victimized …

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Unimaginable Brutality In Iranian Regime’s Prisons Unveiled By An Escaped Ahwazi Political Prisoner

huffingtonpost -Ghazi Haidari is drowning in his own blood. The prominent Ahwazi writer, historian and activist from Arab Ahwaz region in the south and south-west of Iran was imprisoned and brutally tortured by the regime there for the ‘crime’ of human rights advocacy. Although he managed to escape the country, reaching Turkey, he’s now undergoing a different kind of torment …

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Iran-North Korea’s ‘axis of evil’ may be Trump’s biggest threat

CNBC – During President Trump’s address at the National Assembly in Seoul on Wednesday, he called on North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un to abandon his nuclear weapons program. Trump wants to walk away from the Iran nuclear accord, an action that can bring the two pariah states close together in a collaborative military relationship. Military ties between North Korea and …

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Iran Tells Saudi Arabia Threats Will Fail, Calls For Regional Unity

RFL/RE – Iranian President Hassan Rohani has warned Saudi Arabia that threats against Iran will achieve nothing as tensions continue to rise between the regional rivals. “You know the might and place of the Islamic republic,” Rohani said at a cabinet meeting in Tehran on November 8, referring to Saudi Arabia. “Those more powerful than you [Saudi Arabia] have not been …

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Iranian Daily Remains Defiant After Warning Amid Saudi Tensions

RFL/RE – The ultra-hard-line Iranian newspaper Kayhan is known for making inflammatory statements that often go against the government’s official line. When on November 6 the daily said on its front page that Dubai could become the next target of a missile attack by Yemen’s Huthis after Riyadh came under attack, many thought it had gone too far. There was criticism …

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