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Monthly Archives: May 2019

US warns European banks, businesses against using Iran-EU trade mechanism

Al-Arabia – The United States on Wednesday warned European banks, investors and businesses against engaging with the so-called special purpose vehicle (SPV), a Europe-backed system to facilitate non-dollar trade with Iran and circumvent US sanctions. “If you are a bank, an investor, an insurer or other business in Europe you should know that getting involved in the … Special Purpose …

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US Slaps New Sanctions on Iran as Tehran Suspends Some Nuclear Deal Commitments

VOA – The United States has imposed sanctions on Iran’s metal sectors as tension escalates between the two countries. The White House statement made the announcement in a statement issued Wednesday, a year after the U.S. withdrew from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his country will suspend its compliance with prohibitions on stockpiles of enriched …

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IRAN: AHWAZI ARAB MEN AT RISK OF EXECUTION: ABDULLAH KARMOLLAH CHAB AND GHASSEM ABDULLAH

Amnesty – Abdullah Karmollah Chab and Ghassem Abdullah, from Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority, are facing the death penalty following a grossly unfair trial. “Confessions” they have said were obtained under torture and other ill-treatment, including electric shocks and mock executions, were used to convict them. Their cases are before the Supreme Court. https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1303212019ENGLISH.pdf

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Rouhani Official Met With Students Protesting Law That Criminalizes Social Media Activities

CHRI – An adviser to President Hassan Rouhani was met with protesters at Allameh Tabataba’i University in Tehran on May 1, 2019, where she had gone to hand out the government’s first Award for Citizens Rights. The students were protesting a new law that enables university authorities to punish students for their peaceful online activities. A photo published by the state-funded Islamic Republic News …

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UN Urges Iran to Release Imprisoned American Scholar Xiyue Wang

CHRI – UN experts firmly request Iran to immediately release American academic Xiyue Wang, whose arbitrary detention for nearly three years was a clear violation of fundamental rights guaranteed under international law, they said. Wang, a doctoral student at Princeton University and an American citizen born in China, was arrested in August 2016 in Iran, where he was researching for …

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Official Admits to “Defeated” Attempt to Move Iranians Over to State-Sponsored Messaging Apps

CHRI – One year after Iran blocked access to the Telegram messaging app, used by a reported 40 million users, officials are admitting that the state’s attempts to attract users to Iranian-made versions have failed. “Today I can say with certainty that our domestic messengers have been defeated because they were not welcomed,” said Hamid Fatehi, a deputy minister at the Ministry …

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How US sanctions facilitate Turkish-Iranian understanding on Syria

Al-Arabia – US President Donald Trump’s recent decision not to extend the sanctions waivers for the purchase of Iranian oil has been met with widespread reaction around the world. One of the main negative responses to the new American move has come from Turkey, Washington’s NATO ally, which has been one of the remaining costumers of Iranian oil and natural gas. Criticizing the Trump …

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Iran’s Judiciary Says It Was Not Involved In Any Prisoner Exchange Talks

Radiofarda – While the spokesman of the Islamic Republic judiciary insists that it has not been involved in any talks concerning a prisoner swap between Tehran and Washington, the spokesman of Iranian Foreign Ministry asserts that the case had been discussed at high-levels, for a long time. During an event in New York on April 24, Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad …

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INSTEX Unlikely To Meet Anti-Money-Laundering Norms -U.S.

Radiofarda – The United States said on Tuesday that European powers are unlikely to live up to a pledge to prevent their conduit for trade with Iran being used to launder money or finance terrorism, raising the prospect of further U.S. sanctions. France, Britain and Germany have set up the special purpose vehicle called Instex, a conduit for barter-based trade …

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