Al-Monitor – Between 2016 and 2018, Iran’s energy sector was the main beneficiary of the lifting of nuclear-related sanctions. Increased oil production and exports, the return of international oil companies (IOCs), massive investments in renewable energies, introduction of new technologies into upstream and downstream sectors, etc., were among key developments in the industry. The reimposition of US sanctions has reversed …
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Iran health minister resigns over budget cuts
Al-Monitor – After a week of speculation and rumors, President Hassan Rouhani has accepted the resignation of Minister of Health and Medical Education Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi, who quit over budget issues and accusations of corruption at the ministry.
Read More »Iran Health Minister Quits Over Budget Cuts As U.S. Sanctions Bite
Radiofarda – Iran’s health minister has resigned over proposed budget cuts, the official news agency IRNA reported, amid an economic crisis wrought by the reimposition of U.S. sanctions on Tehran.
Read More »U.S. Warns Iran Against Ballistic Missile Launches
Radiofarda – The United States issued a pre-emptive warning to Iran on Thursday against pursuing three planned space rocket launches, which it said would violate a U.N. Security Council resolution related to its ballistic missile activity.
Read More »Iran Ready To Train ‘Palestinian Resistance’ Forces, Says Police Chief
Radiofarda – Iran’s Police Chief Hosein Ashtari has told Palestinian Islamic Jihad Leader Ziad al-Nakhaleh that his forces are prepared to offer training to the “Palestinian Resistance Front,” ISNA reported on Wednesday January 2.
Read More »Opposition Leader In House Arrest Demands Khamenei Release Old Tape
Radiofarda – The leader of Iran’s pro-reform “Green Movement” has challenged the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, by calling for the release of the uncensored video of their last meeting in 2009.
Read More »Two Prisoners Announce Hunger Strike For Lack Of Medical Care
Radiofarda – Two female political prisoners in Iran in a joint letter have announced a three-day hunger strike in protest to being deprived of medical care.
Read More »Zarif Says Oman Informed Iran About Netanyahu’s Trip In October
Radiofarda – Iran’s foreign minister says that Oman had informed Iran about Israeli prime minister Benjanim Netanyahu’s visit to the Arab country in late October.
Read More »Rafsanjani’s Daughter Says His ‘Mysterious’ Death Unresolved
Radiofarda – Almost two years after the allegedly mysterious death of one of the shrewdest leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran, his case has been shelved.
Read More »Iranians mocking bad smell spread all across Tehran
Al-Arabia – Residents of Tehran complained about the spread of “bad odors” in various parts of the Iranian capital even as authorities appealed to citizens to help them search for the source of smell, Iranian media reported.
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