Radiofarda – The United States has imposed sanctions targeting key sectors of Iran’s economy following President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers.
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Reformist Accuses Hardliners Of Rigging Contested 2009 Presidential Election
Radiofarda – Speaking in an interview on state-run TV November 3, the former chairman of the largest reformist party, the Islamic Participation Front, openly accused hardline conservatives of stealing the 2009 presidential election for incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Read More »SWIFT Says Suspending Some Iranian Banks’ Access
Radiofarda – The Belgium-based SWIFT financial messaging service said on Monday it is suspending some unspecified Iranian banks’ access to its messaging system in the interest of the stability and integrity of the global financial system.
Read More »Israel Thanks Trump As Iran Sanctions Take Effect
Radiofarda – Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman welcomed US sanctions that took effect Monday targeting Iran’s oil and financial sectors, calling it a “critical” blow to Tehran’s actions in the region.
Read More »Which countries received US exemptions on Iran oil imports?
Al-Arabia – South Korea has been granted a waiver from the United States on Iranian oil imports just as US sanctions against Tehran come into force, a South Korean government official said on Monday.
Read More »Iran will sell oil and break US sanctions, President Rouhani says
Al-Arabia – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said the Islamic republic “will proudly bypass sanctions” by the United States that took effect on Monday targeting the country’s oil and financial sectors.
Read More »Sufi Prisoner’s Life Is In Danger Two Months Into Hunger Strike
Iran-HRM – Iranian authorities are deliberately depriving Sufi prisoner Saeid Soltanpour from the medical care he desperately needs 65 days into his debilitating hunger strike.
Read More »Iran’s Court Rejects Complaint Over Morality Police Physically Attacking Women
Iran-HRM – The complaint of two young woman which they had filed against Iran’s Morality Police beating them for ‘Insufficient’ head covering was rejected, according to attorney Mohammad Hossein Aghasi who represented the women who was cited by the state-run IRNA news agency.
Read More »Tehran Accuses Israel Of Attempting Cyberattack Against Iran
RFL/RE – Iran has accused Israel of launching a failed cyberattack against its communications systems.
Read More »Iran Blames Israel For Alleged Denmark Murder Plot
RFL/RE – Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmud Alavi has claimed that an alleged Iranian plot to kill an opposition activist in Denmark was an Israeli conspiracy aimed at damaging Tehran’s relations with the European Union.
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