Al-Arabia – Iran urged Greece on Tuesday to cooperate to resolve a crisis over the seizure of ships without involving the United States, after Iranian forces seized two Greek tankers in the Gulf following the seizure of an Iranian vessel off Greece. Tehran seized the Greek ships on Friday after Athens impounded the Iranian-flagged Pegas in April. The United States, which …

RFL/RE – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett accused Iran on Tuesday of stealing internal UN nuclear watchdog reports under a plan to prepare ways of staving off scrutiny of its nuclear program. Neither Tehran nor the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) immediately responded to requests for comment about the allegations, which appeared to be part of an Israeli campaign to …

RFL/RE – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has condemned the “unjustified seizure” last week of two Greek-flagged vessels by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. Blinken made the comments in a telephone call with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a readout of the call. Iranian forces seized the two Greek tankers in the …

RFL/RE – The UN’s nuclear watchdog estimates that Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium has grown to more than 18 times the limit laid down in the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on May 30 also says that Iran is continuing its enrichment of uranium to levels higher than the 3.67 …

gatestoneinstitute.org – One might well wonder if the CNAS study is a “trial balloon” from the Biden Administration to begin preparing the nation and world psychologically for the advent of Iran’s “Islamic bomb.” One might also wonder if the CNAS study is an attempt to justify consequent U.S. retreat from the Middle East, not as another humiliating defeat, but as …

Iranwire – The Revolutionary Guards have released a video showing last week’s seizure of two Greek oil tankers in the Persian Gulf in a tit-for-tat move for a tanker taken by Athens last month. Members of the IRGC descended on the two vessels, Prudent Warrior and Delta Poseidon, on Friday. Footage of the helicopter-launched raid aired on Iranian state TV yesterday and …

Iranwire – The families of some of the victims of the Metropol complex collapse report that they have been warned not to speak out about their loved ones or the situation in Abadan. Nightly protests have been taking place in Abadan and elsewhere since May 24 over the flippant way the government has handled the disaster. So-called security forces have used violence to disperse …

Iranwire – Iran’s Ministry of Culture has launched a startling attack on the makers of the 2022 film Holy Spider, saying its creators were “following the path set by Salman Rushdie”. In a threatening statement issued on Monday, shortly after lead actress Zar (Zahra) Amir Ebrahimi won best actress award at Cannes, the Cinema Organization of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance called the …

Iran-HRM – Iranian riot police fired tear gas and shot into the air to disperse an angry crowd of hundreds of people near the site of a building collapse in the southwestern city of Abadan, online videos showed Monday. One week after the collapse of the Metropol Tower, which left dozens dead and missing, Abadan was once again the scene …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Official sources have reported the execution of a man for murder in Mashhad Central Prison. According to Khorasan newspaper, a man was executed in Mashhad Central Prison on the morning of May 29. His identity has only been reported as 27-year-old Shahab (surname unknown) who was sentenced to qisas(retribution-in-kind) for murder. He is alleged to have …