Radiofarda – The United States is determined to push Iranian oil exports to zero, U.S. Special Representative Brian Hook said on Wednesday, through a ‘calibrated’ approach using maximum economic pressure without lifting oil prices.

Al-Arabia – The United States is warning other countries not to allow Iranian oil tankers into their territorial waters or ports, saying such access may run afoul of US sanctions and not only incur penalties, but also result in catastrophic economic and environmental damage should an accident occur.

Iran-HRM – Shayan Saeedpour, a juvenile offender was sentenced to death on October 23, by the first branch of Provincial Criminal Court of Kurdistan, headed by judge Vafaian.

Iran-HRM – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemned the latest crackdown on journalists in Iran, in which, according to RSF several have been questioned in the past month or so and three have been arrested in the past week in connection with social network posts.

RF/LE -Danish authorities say three members of an Iranian exile opposition group arrested on suspicion of supporting terrorism have been released.

RF/LE – The United States is warning other countries not to allow Iranian oil tankers into their ports, saying the tankers not only could incur penalties under U.S. sanctions but may be courting “environmental disaster.”

VOA – Authorities in Iran’s capital have arrested a journalist who wrote about government corruption, in the latest of a series of Iranian journalist detentions that have drawn international concern.

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- Despite the blessing of Prosecution Assistant Rostami, Baha’i prisoner Negin Ghadamian is being denied extra-prison dental care for a severe gum infection, jaw pain, and toothache.

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- “What do you need an ear for?”, the Urmia Prison director said to Sadroldin Teymourpour, a prisoner complaining of an ear infection secondary to an assault by security agents.

Al-Monitor – “In one sentence, we’re not pinning any hopes on [the US congressional midterm elections] or the 2020 [US presidential elections],” Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an interview with USA Todayone day before the US midterm elections. “What distinguishes Iran from some US clients in the region is that we have survived not only in spite of the …