Radiofarda – While Saudi Arabia courted Iraqi leaders behind closed doors at the weekend, its arch-foe Iran made a more public showing by turning out at the Baghdad International Fair, a shop window for business in Iraq.
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COLUMN-Crude Oil Market Completes U-turn As Saudis Signal Price Discontent: Russell
Radiofarda – What a difference a month can make. The crude oil market has gone from worrying about not having enough supply to fretting that prices are being overwhelmed by a glut.
Read More »Trump, Macron Discuss Iran, Differences Over JCPOA In Paris Meeting
Radiofarda – French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Donald Trump talked about Iran in a closed-door meeting on Saturday November 10, as some 70 world leaders gathered in Paris over the weekend to mark the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I, reports from Paris said on Sunday.
Read More »Pompeo slams Newsweek article: US ensured Iran sanctions exempt food, medicine
Al-Arabia – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slammed a Newsweek article that he says insinuated that the US is sanctioning food and medicine from Iran.
Read More »ANALYSIS: Iranian concerns heightened after US midterm elections
Al-Arabia – With the dust settling after the US midterm elections, a look at the impact of this important development for the Iranian regime is called for. It has become a known fact that Tehran’s mullahs seek to wait out the presidency of Donald Trump in hopes of him not being re-elected come November 2020.
Read More »Former Iranian Minister Arrested For Financial Fraud
RFL/RE – A former Iranian minister of welfare and social security has been arrested for financial fraud, official media reported on November 11.
Read More »Iran: Increasing Concern About the Reports on Possible Mass Execution in Ahwaz
Iran Human Rights (IHR) – IHR has received unverified information about the execution of several Ahvazi Arab activists. The executions have allegedly taken place on Thursday, November 8. According to some sources, as many as 22 prisoners might have been executed.
Read More »Iran hangs people in vicious crackdown on Ahwazi Arabs
iran-hrm – Human rights activists are reporting the regime has executed 22 inmates Ahwaz, southern Iran. The Intelligence Department officials contacted the families of some of these executed individuals informing them of their executions and having them pledge to not hold any gatherings or ceremonies.
Read More »More than 10 inmates on hunger strike in northwest Iran prison
iran-hrm – Ten prisoners with who who suffers from severe health problems held at Urmia Central Prison, have begun on hunger strike since November 5, protesting the authorities denying them medical treatment.
Read More »Iranian Environmentalists arrested, Whereabouts Unknown
iran-hrm – The whereabouts of three environment activists, arrested by intelligence agents is still unknown. Iran’s Intelligence and security forces in Sanandaj, arrested Shugerd and Zaniar Gulabi on October 16, transferring them to an unknown location.
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