Radiofarda – Twitter says it has deleted nearly 4,800 suspect accounts linked to Iran that the company says secretly pushed that government’s agenda. Twitter is adding those accounts and their tweets to a public database it launched last year to track its battle against government-linked misinformation. It is also adding a smaller number of deleted accounts linked to Russia, Venezuela …
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US says Iran removed unexploded mine from oil tanker
Al-Arabia – The US military on Friday released a video it said showed Iran’s Revolutionary Guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the oil tankers targeted near the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting the Islamic Republic sought to remove evidence of its involvement from the scene. The US Navy rushed to assist the stricken vessels in the Gulf of Oman off …
Read More »U.S. Military Releases Video It Says Implicates Iran In Oil Tanker Attack
VOA – The U.S. Navy has released video it says shows an Iranian patrol boat removing an unexploded limpet mine from the hull of one of the two oil tankers attacked in the Gulf of Oman Thursday. One of the tankers is Norwegian-owned, and the other is owned by a Japanese company. The mine was attached to the Japanese tanker, …
Read More »How Iran’s startup sector can realize its potential
Al-Monitor – Experts agree that the promotion of knowledge-based startups would be a suitable remedy to address the intensifying unemployment in Iran. In fact, with youth unemployment at 27.5%, the Iranian authorities need to look for opportunities to create jobs for the country’s young, educated and tech-savvy population. While in recent years a considerable growth has been recorded in information technology (IT) …
Read More »Iranians boycott ride-hailing app after hijab controversy
aljazeera – After a driver asked a passenger to put on her headscarf, some Iranians began boycotting popular ride-hailing app Snapp.by Saeed Jalili 12 Jun 2019 Iran’s law requires women to cover their hair and wear loose garment to hide their body and skin [Majid Saeedi/Getty Images] A move to boycott a popular Iranian ride-hailing application has gained momentumamong social …
Read More »Khamenei Says No Response Trump’s Message, Questions ‘American’s Honesty’
Radiofarda – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says he is not going to respond to U.S. President Donal Trump’s message which was conveyed to him by Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a meeting in Tehran on Thursday June 16. Voicing his defiance and distrust at the same time, Khamenei said “I have no response and I will not …
Read More »Japan Says Abe’s Iran Trip Not Meant To Mediate Row With US
Radiofarda – Japan’s top government spokesman says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s high-stakes trip to Iran is intended to help de-escalate tensions in the Mideast — and not specifically mediate between Tehran and Washington. The remarks by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga to reporters were apparently meant to downplay and lower expectations amid uncertain prospects for Abe’s mission. Abe was to …
Read More »Saudi Warns Iran Over Yemeni Rebel Airport Attack
Radiofarda – Riyadh accused its arch-foe Tehran on Thursday of ordering a Yemeni rebel missile strike which wounded 26 people at a Saudi airport and warned of “grave consequences”. “The continuation of the Iranian regime’s aggression and reckless escalation, whether directly or through its militias, will result in grave consequences,” deputy defence minister Prince Khaled bin Salman tweeted. Yemen’s Huthi …
Read More »Iran Activists Call On Khamenei To Step Down
Radiofarda – Fourteen civil rights and political activists in Iran have called for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to step down. In a statement addressed to the “thoughtful, intellectual, and considerate people in Iran,” the signatories have urged their compatriots to leave any “tendency toward discreetness” aside, audaciously step in, and call for Khamenei’s resignation and fundamentally amending the country’s …
Read More »UAE, Germany call on Iran to refrain from escalating tension
Al-Arabia – The United Arab Emirates and Germany expressed concern over growing tensions in the Gulf region, calling on Iran to refrain from steps that escalate the tension, a joint statement on UAE’s state news agency (WAM) said on Wednesday. The statement comes after Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan official visit to Germany where he …
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