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Monthly Archives: July 2020

Iran Official Says Natanz Explosion Different From Other Recent Incidents

Radiofarda – The Head of Iran’s Passive Defense Organization on Sunday said the incident at Natanz nuclear facilities is different from other recent explosions and fires in Iran none of which according to him is “security-related”. Commenting on the recent wildfires and blazes at several power stations, Brigadier-General Gholamreza Jalali said these incidents belong to the “safety” category, not “security” …

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Iran Security Official Says ‘Instigators Of Protests In Behbahan’ Arrested

Radiofarda – The Security Chief of Iran’s oil-rich Khuzestan Province on Sunday said all of the individuals that he called “instigators of the protest rally in Behbahan on July 16” have been arrested. Speaking to the government news agency IRNA, Heydar Abbaszadeh said the protest rally was “a transgression”. He claimed that “a handful” of people in Behbahan had rallied …

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Two More Fires In Iran Raise Questions Again About Possible Sabotage

Radiofarda – Two more mysterious fires in Iran on Sunday, July 19 have once again raised questions about similar recent incidents, including a suspected explosion and fire at the uranium enrichment facility at Natanz. Other suspicious events were a large fire at a sensitive military region near Tehran and a shipyard in Bushehr on the Persian Gulf and numerous other …

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Iran Supreme Court Puts Death Sentences On Hold, Calls For New Investigation

Radiofarda – In what has been perceived as a victory for the social media campaign against capital punishment in Iran, the country’s Supreme Court has ruled to reconsider the death sentences issued for three young political activists. The trio who are in their twenties are Saeed Tamjidi, Mohammad Rajabi and Amirhossein Moradi, who were arrested for taking part in the …

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Ukraine Welcomes Iranian Handover Of Flight Recorders As Data Extraction Begins

RFL/RE — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has welcomed Iran’s handover to France of the flight recorders from a Ukrainian airliner that was downed shortly after taking off from Tehran on January 8. French investigators have begun working on extracting data from the black boxes recovered from the Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) jet that was downed by a missile, killing all …

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Iran: Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd Executed on Espionage Charges

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd,  a man on death row for alleged charges of espionage, has been executed. He was arrested in 2018 and wrongly described by some officials and domestic media as the man who “disclosed Qasem Soleimani’s location”. According to state media, Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd’s death sentence was carried out this morning, July 20. He was sentenced …

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Iran: Concern for Narges Mohammadi’s Ailing Health in Prison

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – There is a growing concern for the imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi’s health, who her brother says was tested for COVID-19 but the test results have not been revealed. According to Iran Human Rights (IHR), over the past week, there has been worrying news regarding Narges Mohammadi contracting COVID-19. This is while the acute lung condition …

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Reprisal Against Family of Exiled Iranian Journalist: Ali Alinejad Sentenced to Prison

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Journalist and civil activist in-exile Masih Alinejad’s brother, Alireza Alinejad, has been sentenced to eight years in prison by Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court. As well as condemning the conviction, Iran Human Rights (IHR) calls for an end to the harassment of the families of activists living abroad. Iran Human Rights Director, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam …

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Devaluation Of Iran’s Currency Accelerates With Dollar Hitting 260,000 Rials

Radiofarda – The devaluation of Iran’s currency has dramatically accelerated in recent days with the rial hitting an all-time low of 260,000 against the U.S. dollar on Sunday, an almost 10,000 rial drop in one day. With the country’s oil exports chocked off by U.S. sanctions, the government has lost its main source of foreign currency income since May 2019, …

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