Al-Arabia – The United States on Wednesday sanctioned an Iraqi company and two of its associates, which it said had helped Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-Quds force evade sanctions by smuggling hundreds of millions of dollars worth of weapons. “Treasury is taking action to shut down Iranian weapons smuggling networks that have been used to arm regional proxies of …
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Khalid bin Salman: ‘Iran meddling in our region for 40 years’
Al-Arabia – Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Defense Minister, Prince Khalid bin Salman, said that “for 40 years, the Iranian regime has been spreading chaos, death and destruction, by sponsoring and financing terrorist organizations including the Houthis.” Referring to the Wednesday’s attack on the Abha International Airport in the Kingdom, he added that the targeting of Abha Airport by Iranian-backed Houthi militia …
Read More »Women Activists Held In Jail Amid Tightening Repression
Iran-HRM – Five women activists are held in prison under deplorable conditions for demanding their own and their people’s human rights. Three women activists were arrested during an International Workers Day protest demonstration on May 1, 2019, in Tehran across from the Iranian parliament. Marzieh Amiri, Neda Naji, and Atefeh Rangriz were among 15 activists who were brutalized and arrested …
Read More »Supreme Leader Tells Japan’s PM Iran Won’t Negotiate With U.S. Again
RFL/RE – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that Iran will not repeat what he called a “bitter experience” of negotiating with the United States amid rising tensions between Tehran and Washington. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (right) meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tehran on June 13. In remarks …
Read More »Two Tankers Damaged in Gulf of Oman
VOA – Two oil tankers were damaged in attacks Thursday in the Gulf of Oman, a strategic sea lane off the coast of Iran. The Norwegian Maritime Authority said three explosions were reported on the Norwegian-owned tanker Front Altair after a suspected attack on the Singapore-owned ship the Kokuka Courageous. The U.S. Navy’s Bahrain-based U.S. Fifth Fleet said it is …
Read More »MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE JOIN GLOBAL CAMPAIGN TO DEMAND IRANIAN GOVERNMENT RELEASE NASRIN SOTOUDEH
Amnesty – More than a million people in more than 200 countries and territories across the globe have come together to express their outrage at the sentencing of prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh to 38 years and six months in prison and 148 lashes after two grossly unfair trials, Amnesty International announced today, as signatures demanding her release …
Read More »Iran Executions: Man Hanged at Ardabil Prison
Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner who allegedly killed two policemen, was executed at the Iranian city of Ardabil’s prison. According to the Iranian judiciary’s news website, Mizan Online, the unnamed prisoner was executed on Wednesday, June 12. One of the judiciary authorities told Mizan, “while police ordered him to stop his vehicle, he was smuggling antiques and cultural …
Read More »Iran Executions: Four Prisoners Hanged at Rajai-Shahr Prison
Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Three prisoners were hanged this morning and one prisoner was hanged last Monday at Rajai-Shahr prison. According to IHR sources, on the morning of Wednesday, June 12, three prisoners were executed at Rajai-Shahr prison in the Iranian city of Karaj. All of them were sentenced to death on the charge of “corruption on earth and …
Read More »Iranians expect little from Japan’s mediation efforts
Al-Monitor – Not a day has gone by during the past two weeks in Iran without speculation about the Japanese premier’s visit to Tehran and the agenda of his talks with Iran’s leadership. The speculation has been fueled by reports that US President Donald Trump, during his May 27 trip to Tokyo, had embraced Shinzo Abe’s offer to help alleviate the tensions between …
Read More »Iran scrambles to lift petrochemical sales as sanctions hammer oil
Reuters – Iran has been racing to step up exports of petrochemicals and tap new markets to compensate for sliding oil sales, Iranian and international industry sources said, but now risks losing that crucial revenue as Washington tightens the screw on sanctions.FILE PHOTO: A man counts Iranian rials at a currency exchange shop, before the start of the U.S. sanctions …
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