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Month: July 2020

US Tries to Extend UN Arms Embargo on Iran Despite Obstacles

VOA - U.S. envoy Brian Hook’s latest travels aimed at extending a U.N. arms embargo on Iran through a prospective…

Iran Dismisses Leaked Details of Proposed China Deal

VOA - Talks between Iran and China aimed at finalizing a 25-year strategic cooperation agreement are continuing despite what Tehran…

Iran: Leaked official letters reveal state denial of COVID-19 crisis in prisons

Amnesty - Leaked official letters newly obtained by Amnesty International reveal that the Iranian government has ignored repeated pleas by senior…

Iran: Prisoner Morteza Pirkhezri Executed at Sanandaj Prison

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A prisoner on death row for qisas (retribution in-kind) on charges of "premeditated murder" was…

Bachelet alarmed by threats against prominent Iranian NGO

Iran Human Rights (IHR) -  The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, warned against the Iranian Government’s pressure on Imam…

Iran Health Ministry says COVID-19 deaths are higher than reported

Al-Monitor - As the country struggles to bring down the high number of coronavirus-related deaths, Iran’s Deputy Health Minister Iraj…

Iran COVID-19 update, July 30: Cases pass 300,000, deaths reach 16,569

PayvandNews - The Iranian Health Ministry announced 2,621 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the past…

Iranian Delegation Arrives In Kiev To Discuss Compensation For Downed Ukrainian Flight

Radiofarda - Iranian news agencies on Thursday reported that a delegation headed by Deputy Foreign Minister for International and Legal…

Insight-Iran Struggles To Buy Food In A World Wary Of Touching Its Money

Radiofarda - Iran, creaking under the impact of U.S. sanctions, a collapse in oil sales and a severe COVID-19 epidemic,…

Dollar Rising Again In Iran After Central Bank’s Intervention Fizzled Out

Radiofarda - The U.S. dollar has started rising again since Saturday in Iran after a central bank intervention last week…