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Monthly Archives: April 2019

Revolutionary Guards Arrest 11 Arab-Iranian Flood Volunteers in Khuzestan Province

CHRI – Agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Intelligence Organization arrested at least 11 Arab-Iranian volunteers as they were trying to help people in Iran’s flood-stricken village of Gurieh, Khuzestan Province, according to Karim Dahimi, a London-based minority rights activist. On April 7, 2019, nine of them were arrested as they arrived from the city of Mahshahr, said …

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Powerful Iranian shrine endowment gets moderate custodianship

Al-Monitor – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed Ahmad Marvi as new custodian of Astan Quds Razavi on March 30. The wealthy endowment manages the shrine of Imam Reza in the holy city of Mashhad. Marvi will replace conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi, who ran for president in 2017. Raisi was named as the new head of the judiciary last month. The shrine in …

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350 volunteer groups offering services in flood-affected areas of Iran

PayvandNews – More than 350 volunteer groups of people are providing services to the provinces haunted by flood across the country, deputy director for social affairs organization affiliated to the Ministry of Interior has said. Many NGOs and volunteer organizations made great efforts to help flood victims in Mazandaran, Golestan and Lorestan provinces, IRNA quoted Kamal Akbari as saying on …

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U.S. Diplomat Says Europe’s Trade Mechanism For Iran A ‘Paper Tiger’

Radio Farda – The era of the U.S.-Europe dispute over the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers is over, says an American diplomat, adding, “EU’s new proposal (Special Purpose Vehicle or SPV) for trade with the Islamic Republic of Iran is nothing, but a paper tiger.” In a meeting on Thursday, April 11, …

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Zarif Sends Letter To Guterres Condemning U.S. Designation Of Guards As ‘Terrorist’

Radiofarda – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has written a letter to UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres to complain about Washington’s decision designating the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) as a “terrorist” organization. In the letter published in Persian by the official news agency IRNA on Thursday April 11, Zarif has called the U.S. move “unprecedented, illegal and dangerous”. …

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U.S. Slaps Sanctions On Lebanese ‘Money Laundering’ Group

Radiofarda – U.S. officials on Thursday announced it has sanctioned a Lebanese network accused of laundering millions of dollars for “drug kingpins” and helping finance Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Shiite movement that Washington labels a terrorist organization. The US Treasury Department said it has added Lebanese national Kassem Chams to its blacklist, along with two related entities: the “Chams Money Laundering …

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Floods Disrupt Iran’s Oil Production In Some Areas Of Southwest

Radiofarda – The unprecedented floods that have devastated large parts of Iran since March 19 have finally affected its oil production. The oil-producing Khuzestan province in the southwest has seen waves of floods, with the latest inundation the result of maximum outflows from two large dams that have reached full capacity. Karim Zobaydi a member of Iran’s National Oil Company …

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Iran’s Close Ally, Al-Bashir Imprisoned As Sudan’s Army Seizes Power

Radiofarda – With a coup in Sudan, the Islamic republic lost one of its erstwhile allies in the Muslim world on Thursday, April 11. Sudan’s army announced it has seized power after months of protest demonstrations in that country. The army also broke the news of Omar al-Bashir’s arrest on Thursday. The Sudanese army also announced that it will hold …

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Prime Suspect In Corruption Case Says He Helped Iran Circumvent Sanctions

Radiofarda – As one of the biggest corruption trials in Iran’s history continues, the legal counsel to the prime suspect maintains that his client assisted the Islamic Republic in profiting from exporting petrochemicals, which was banned by UN sanctions. The third court session in a large corruption case in Iran was held on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. The prime suspect …

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Why Did Iran’s March Oil Exports Double Despite Sanctions?

Radiofarda – Iran’s oil exports to its five clients rose to 1.7 million barrels per day (mb/d) in March, the highest level since the United States imposed sanctions on Iran in November 2018, Platts reported April 9. Along with the sanctions, the U.S. also gave a six-month exemption or wavier to eight friendly countries: China, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, …

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