Iranwire – Iran’s internet speed is drastically falling behind those of its neighbors, according to a new report by data analysis group Iran Open Data. The report, which analyzed archived data from internet speed testing website speedtest.net, found that while neighboring countries have seen internet speeds increase tenfold in the past seven years, Iran’s speeds have only grown by 30 percent. …
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Tehran To Buy 791 Metro Trains From China
iranintl – After seven years of stalled negotiations, Masoud Dorosti, the managing director of the Tehran Metro, confirmed the municipality’s decision to buy 791 metro trains from China. Dorosti admitted that due to economic challenges and sanctions, there has been a backlog in the subway in the last few years, saying the city has “a fleet that is largely worn out …
Read More »US threatens action against Iran at IAEA over continued ‘stonewalling’
Al-Arabia – The United States on Thursday threatened future action against Iran at the UN nuclear watchdog if Tehran keeps “stonewalling” the watchdog by denying it the cooperation and answers it seeks on issues including long-unexplained uranium traces. At a quarterly meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-nation Board of Governors, Washington again told Iran to cooperate with IAEA inspectors who …
Read More »West avoids seriously confronting Iran as IAEA meet begins
Al-Arabia – A quarterly meeting of the UN nuclear watchdog’s main policy-making body began on Monday with Western powers again choosing not to seriously confront Iran over its failure to cooperate with the agency on a range of issues, diplomats said. It is more than a year since the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-nation Board of Governors passed a resolution ordering Iran …
Read More »Iranian Imaging Satellite Launched from Russia
Iranwire – The Islamic Republic of Iran has announced the launch of a domestically-developed remote sensing and imaging satellite into orbit from Russia’s far eastern Amur region. The Pars-I satellite was launched with the Russian Soyuz rocket launcher on February 29 from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, state-run Press TV reported. According to Telecommunications Minister Issa Zareppur, Iran has launched 12 satellites …
Read More »IAEA increasingly concerned over Iran’s capabilities to produce nuclear weapons
Al-Arabia – The UN nuclear watchdog has voiced growing concern over Iran’s ability to build nuclear weapons, fueled by public statements in the country, a confidential report seen by AFP on Monday said. Tensions between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have repeatedly flared up since a 2015 deal curbing Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanction relief …
Read More »Iran Tries To Tighten Grip On Internet By Officially Outlawing VPN Use
RFL/RE – Iran has officially outlawed the use of tools such as virtual private networks (VPNs) designed to bypass Internet censorship following a directive from the country’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace that was endorsed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The secretary of the council, Mohammad Amin Aqamiri, announced the enforcement of the decree, which was initially approved by Khamenei, signaling a …
Read More »US Warns Tehran Against Supplying Ballistic Missiles to Russia
Iranwire – The United States says it will unveil new sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran “in the coming days” in retaliation for its arms sales to Russia, and threatened a “severe” response if Tehran moves forward with selling ballistic missiles to Moscow. “We have not seen any confirmation that missiles have actually moved from Iran to Russia,” National …
Read More »Despite Sanctions, Iran Imported $236mn Worth Of Drone Parts In 10 Years
iranintl – Despite global sanctions, Iran has imported at least $236 million worth of aircraft and drone engine parts over the past 10 years from countries including Turkey, the UAE, Germany and even Ukraine and the US. Data by the Islamic Republic’s customs organization, scrutinized by Iran International, show that around $26 million worth of items listed as prohibited under the US …
Read More »Report: Tehran Sent Hundreds of Ballistic Missiles to Russia
Iranwire – The Islamic Republic of Iran has provided Russia with around 400 surface-to-surface ballistic missiles since the beginning of the year, Reuters reported on February 21, amid a burgeoning military partnership between Moscow and Tehran. Many of the supplied missiles were from the Fateh-110 family of short-range ballistic weapons, such as the Zolfaghar, three Iranian sources told the news …
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