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Month: July 2020

Iran Says Natanz Nuclear Facility Not Damaged Despite ‘Incident’

RFL/RE - Iran says there has been an “incident” at one of its nuclear facilities monitored by the UN's atomic…

Arms Embargo Extension For Tehran Takes Center Stage In U.S.-Iranian Tensions

RFL/RE - A confrontation is heating up between Tehran and Washington over the possible extension of a five-year arms embargo…

Iran Court Upholds Prison Sentence for Iranian-French Academic

HRW - On June 30, an Iranian appeals court in Tehran upheld a five-year prison sentence against Fariba Adelkhah, an…

Iran: Arash Sadeghi’s Health Continues to Deteriorate After 4 Years in Prison

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Arash Sadeghi, a civil rights activist and political prisoner who is serving a 19-year sentence…

Iran: Prisoner Executed in Iranshahr Prison

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A Baloch man sentenced to “retribution” for premeditated murder has been executed in Iranshahr Prison.…

Iraqi government battle against Iran-backed militias enters new phase

Al-Monitor - A year ago on July 1,  then Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi issued a decree ordering the factions of the Popular Mobilization…

Iran upholds five-year jail sentence for French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah

france24.com - Iran’s judiciary said on Tuesday that a five-year jail sentence for French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah had been upheld,…

What’s behind Iran’s sudden realignment with Turkey?

responsiblestatecraft.org - Ever since Turkey’s military incursion into northeastern Syria in October 2019, dubbed “Operation Peace Spring,” and particularly after…

Khamenei’s Allies Attack His Critic, Defend His Record

Radiofarda - Tehran's Friday Prayer Imam and member of the influential Assembly of Experts (A.E.), Ahmad Khatami, has stepped in…

Iran says ‘no military solution’ for Syria in talks with Russia, Turkey

Al-Arabia - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said there is “no military solution” for Syria on Wednesday during a video conference…