Radiofarda – In an scathing attack on the Islamic Republic policies, the most influential Sunni leader in Iran has called upon the military to stay out of politics and the economy and has demanded a change in the country’s foreign policy. In an interview published July 25 by the official Sunnis information website (Sunni online) Maulana Abdol Hamid Ismaeel Zahi …
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Iran Frees Nine Indian Crew From Seized Tanker: India Govt
Radiofarda – Iran has freed nine of 12 Indian crew from a Panama-flagged tanker seized on July 14, India’s foreign ministry said Friday. Iran had accused the MT Riah ship of smuggling contraband fuel when it was detained, amid mounting tensions between the Iranian government and Britain and the US over shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The TankerTrackers online …
Read More »A Brazilian Court Has Ordered Petrobras To Refuel Iranian Ships
Radiofarda – A Brazilian court has ordered Petrobras to refuel two Iranian ships that have been unable to leave the port of Paranagua for the past 50 days. The ruling was presented by the president of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil, Dias Toffoli, on July 24. The Brazilian state-owned oil company has been refusing to refuel the Iranian vessels …
Read More »Iran says India given consular access to 18 crew of detained UK-flagged tanker
Al-Arabia – Iran granted India consular access to 18 Indian crew members of the detained British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, the Iranian ambassador to Britain said. “Indian Embassy in Tehran was granted consular access to meet the 18 Indian crew of the detained British ship Stena Impero,” Hamid Baeidinejad said. ALSO READ: India, Philippines seek release of sailors on seized British-flagged …
Read More »Appeals Court Upholds Lengthy Sentence Against Female Activist
Iran-HRM – A Tehran appeals court has upheld the flogging and prison sentence of a civil rights activist. The branch 36 of Tehran’s Appeals Court has upheld 74 lashes and a six-year prison sentence for Sepideh Farhan, graduate of architecture and a civil activist on charges of “disrupting public order through participating in illegal gatherings” and “association and collusion to …
Read More »Iran’s Intelligence Agents Detain Political Prisoner’s Mother
Iran-HRM – Iran’s intelligence agents arrested a political prisoner’s mother during a raid on Monday. Farangis Mazloumi, the mother of Soheil Arabi, a prominent political prisoner was arrested and taken to an unknown location on Monday July 22, 2019, after eight intelligence agents raided the residence of her sister. They confiscated Farangis Mazloumi and her sister’s cellphones and then took …
Read More »U.S. Official Says Iran Test Fires Shahab-3 Ballistic Missile
RFL/RE – An unnamed U.S. official has told Fox News that Iran has test fired a Shahab-3 medium-range ballistic missile, which if confirmed would likely add to already high tensions between Washington and Tehran.Fox late on July 25 quoted another senior U.S. administration official as saying that “we are aware of reports of a projectile launched from Iran and have …
Read More »Pompeo Would ‘Happily’ Travel To Tehran To Explain ‘Harm’ Iranian Leaders Have Caused
RFL/RE – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he would be willing to go to Tehran to address the Iranian people and explain how their leaders’ actions have “harmed” their country.“Sure, if that’s the call, [I’ll] happily go there,” Pompeo told Bloomberg Television on July 25 in a wide-ranging interview that also addressed the North Korea crisis and Turkey’s …
Read More »An English Misunderstanding of Iran
gatestoneinstitute,org – Jack Straw’s misunderstanding, perhaps caused by his “absolute infatuation” with his imaginary Iran, has three aspects. The first is that he thinks that because Iran is an ancient civilization — and has produced great poets, weaves exquisite carpets and offers one of the world’s hautes cuisines — it deserves indulgence for its weird activities in other domains such as hostage-taking, …
Read More »The Swedish National Trade Unions Demands Immediate Release of all Trade Union Prisoners in Iran
Radiozamaneh – The Swedish Trade Union Platform for Iran has condemned the continued detention of those arrested on May Day 2019 and Teacher’s Day protests in Iran. The Amnesty International Poster about the continued imprisonment of Neda Naji, Anisha Asadollahi and Atefeh Rangriz. The poster says in Persian: “In prison for protesting on Labor Day.” On 25 July, in a …
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