Al-Arabia – Foreign ministers and senior officials from 60 nations gather in the Polish capital Warsaw on Wednesday where the United States hopes to ratchet up pressure against Iran.
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International Court Of Justice To Rule On Iranian Assets Frozen By U.S.
RFL/RE – The International Court of Justice is expected to issue a ruling on an effort by Iran to recover $2 billion in assets frozen by the United States.
Read More »Poland Hosting Middle East Summit Spearheaded By United States
RFL/RE – The United States is organizing a major Middle East conference in Warsaw, hosted by Poland, which has moved to tightly embrace Washington as a counterweight to Russia.
Read More »Shah’s Son Asserts Iranian Regime ‘Close’ To Collapse
RFL/RE — The son of the Iran’s last monarch, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, asserted that Iranian society is close to a “flash point” like it was before the 1979 Islamic Revolution and that the government in Tehran is near collapse.
Read More »Iran Holds 3rd Court Hearing for 8 Conservationists Accused of Spying
VOA – Iran says it has held a third session of a closed-door trial of eight Iranian conservationists who have spent a year in detention on spying-related charges that their supporters say are trumped-up.
Read More »US Resident Imprisoned in Iran Nizar Zakka Refused to Make False “Confession” on Film
CHRI – Lebanese-born US resident Nizar Zakka refused to make false statements while being filmed in Evin Prison in Tehran where he has been imprisoned since 2017, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned.
Read More »Iran Plans To Launch A Barter Trade System To Evade U.S. Sanctions
Radiofarda – Iran’s ministry of economy and finance is drafting regulation to set up companies for doing barter trade with foreign partners as a way of circumventing U.S. sanctions.
Read More »U.S. House Financial Services Panel Postpones Sanctions Hearing
Radiofarda – The U.S. House Financial Services committee said it has postponed a planned hearing on the use of U.S. sanctions against North Korea, Iran, Russia and Venezuela.
Read More »Oil Prices Rise On OPEC Output Cuts, As U.S. Sanctions Bite
Radiofarda – Oil prices rose on Tuesday amid OPEC-led supply cuts and U.S. sanctions against Iran and Venezuela, although analysts expect surging U.S. production and concerns over economic growth to keep markets in check.
Read More »Iran Revolution Brought Repression, Failure: Trump
Radiofarda – Iran’s Islamic revolution four decades ago has been a complete failure for the country, President Donald Trump said Monday.
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