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Monthly Archives: November 2021

Iran’s IRGC Seizes Foreign Ship In Persian Gulf For Alleged Diesel Smuggling

RFL/RE – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said on November 20 they had seized a boat in the Persian Gulf for allegedly smuggling diesel. “A foreign ship, carrying smuggled diesel was seized,” Iranian media quoted Colonel Ahmad Hajian, commander of the Naval Type 412 Zulfaqar in the southern Parsian county, as saying. “After the inspection, more than 150,000 litres …

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U.S. Defense Chief Vows To Counter Iran In Bahrain Visit

RFL/RE – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin vowed on November 20 to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to counter its “dangerous use” of suicide drones in the Middle East, a pledge coming as Washington works to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. “The United States remains committed to preventing Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon. And we remain …

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The November 2019 Protester Killed Three Days After His Wedding

Iranwire – Hossein Keshavarz Afshar, aged 27, was one of the victims of the November 2019 protests. He was shot dead by security forces in the city of Quds on November 17, 2019, three days after his wedding. His family searched for him for a month, and on December 20, they received his remains and buried him. His brother, Ali, …

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Iran children are the most vulnerable under the mullahs

Iran-HRM – Iran children are the most vulnerable under the mullahs since they neither protect nor promote the rights of children. On the World Children’s Day, here is a brief glance on the plight of children in Iran. Poverty, hunger, child labor, child abuse, trafficking and sale of children and infants are among the hallmarks of Iranian children’s lives. Furthermore, the regime’s laws …

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Thousands of Iranians protest water scarcity in Isfahan

Al-Monitor – Thousands of Iranians gathered in the central city of Isfahan on Friday to demand the government address the drying up of the region’s most important river, state TV reported. In videos posted to social media, demonstrators are seen making their way through a dry riverbed on their way to the centuries-old Khaju Bridge over the Zayandeh Rood River. …

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France warns Iran against making nuclear talks a ‘sham’

Al-Monitor – France warned Iran on Friday against staging “sham” talks when world powers resume negotiations on the landmark nuclear deal in Vienna later this month.  France, Iran and the other signatories to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, are set to resume negotiations over the landmark nuclear accord in the Austrian capital on Nov. 29. They’re the …

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Unspoken US aim at Iran nuclear talks may be winning Chinese, Russian support

Al-Arabia – The stated US aim when indirect US-Iranian talks resume this month is to see if the two can revive a 2015 nuclear deal, but Washington’s unspoken goal may be to win support from China and Russia to pressure Iran if the talks fail, diplomats said. Western diplomats have said time is running low to resurrect the pact, which then-US President …

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The World Watches for Women as Azadi Opens its Doors to Fans

Iranwire – On Friday, November 19, for the first time in 634 days, the doors of Azadi football stadium will be open to fans. Spectators have not been allowed to watch football matches in stadiums since February 23, 2020, when Iranian officials formally recognized that coronavirus was beginning to spread throughout Iran. When matches finally resumed, games were held without …

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Exiled Iranian Kurds’ Families Told: Bring Back Your Loved Ones, or We’ll Kill Them

Iranwire – The below is an archived article first published by IranWire on July 19, 2021. It has been republished as part of our new series on transnational repression. Read more about the project here. Last week Behrouz “Rebin” Rahimi, a 49-year-old political activist, was assassinated in the city of Sulaymaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan by unknown assailants. The murder of this exiled Iranian from Sanandaj has …

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