VOA – An Iranian oil tanker at the center of a major diplomatic dispute with the United States has sold its cargo, Iran said.  “The Adrian Darya oil tanker finally docked on the Mediterranean coast … and unloaded its cargo,” Iran’s state news agency IRNA quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi as saying on Sunday. He didn’t elaborate on the …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Two Afghan nationals were hanged at Bandar Abbas central prison on August 27. According to IHR sources, two Afghan nationals were hanged at the central prison of the Iranian southern city of Bandar Abbas on Tuesday, August 27, 2019. They have been identified by IHR sources as Zabihollah Zakari, 42, and Valid Ahmad, 33. Iran …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Seven workers and workers rights activists have been sentenced to a sum of 111 years of imprisonment and 74 lashes.Iran Human Rights (IHR) once again urges the international community to react to the Iranian authorities’ intensified crackdown of the civil society and human rights defenders in recent months. “It seems the Islamic Republic are taking …

Putin has also succeeded in establishing Russia as the key player in war-torn Syria by marginalizing not only Iran but also Turkey and the United States. Putin adulators are especially proud of his success in playing the Iran card against the United States while squeezing the Tehran mullahs for unprecedented concessions. The impression one gets in Moscow these days is …

gatestoneinstitute.org – If, for any reason, the Israeli government ever issued a declaration, about destroying Iran “in half an hour,” as Iran recently said about Israel, we would probably never hear the end of the criticism from all parts of the world. The European Union would likely take even more measures to counter Israel. There would doubtless be an emergency …

Radiofarda – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday pressed European nations to stop Iran’s “extortion” after Tehran again reduced its commitments under a nuclear deal in response to US sanctions. “We are confident that the UK, France and Germany — indeed, all civilized nations — will take decisive actions to stop Iran’s nuclear extortion,” Pompeo, who visited the …

Radiofarda – The acting head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog will meet officials in Iran this weekend, the organization said Friday, as Tehran prepares to detail its latest scale-back to commitments under a 2015 deal to curb its nuclear program. The International Atomic Energy Agency said in a statement that its Acting Director General Cornel Feruta “will travel to Tehran …

Al-Arabia – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that Iran’s latest reduction in commitments of a nuclear deal — made in retaliation for US sanctions — was “unacceptable.” “They announced just yesterday that they’re going to continue to do more research and development on their nuclear weapon systems. Those things are unacceptable,” Pompeo told Kansas City radio …

Iran Human Rights Monitor Monthly Report – August 2019 Introduction August was marked by brutal clampdown on Iranian society. Heavy sentences issued for civil and human rights activists are stark indications of mounting repression in Iran. Beset by a whole host of economic, social and political crises, Iran sentenced more than 30 activists, workers and journalists to lashes and prison, …

VOA – A senior Iranian nuclear official said Saturday that the clock was ticking for other parties to salvage a 2015 nuclear deal and that it had the capacity to raise its uranium enrichment beyond 20%, although it had no plans to do so for the time being. “We have started lifting limitations on our Research and Development imposed by …