Social and Political

Radiofarda – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday vowed that Israel would never allow the Islamic Republic to acquire nuclear weapons. Earlier in the week, the Islamic Republic President, Hassan Rouhani, had announced that injecting uranium hexafluoride gas into 1044 centrifuges in Fordo nuclear facility would start on Wednesday. Iran says the move is the next step towards dropping …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s recent “nuclear escalations” raise concerns that should move all countries to increase pressure on Tehran, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday, as Iran resumed uranium enrichment at one of its nuclear facilities. “Iran’s expansion of proliferation-sensitive activities raises concerns that Iran is positioning itself to have the option of a rapid nuclear breakout,” Pompeo …

Al- Arabia – The percentage of uranium enrichment in Iran’s Fordo nuclear complex has almost reached pre-nuclear deal levels, Iran said on Thursday. A UN nuclear watchdog policing the deal told member states in a closed-door meeting on Wednesday that Iran was enriching uranium to 4.5 percent purity, above the 3.67 percent limit set by its deal with major powers. …

Al-Arabia – Ahwazi fans chanted “listen Tehran, we are Arabs” during a football match at the Foolad Arena Stadium in the southwestern province of Khuzestan in Iran, a video being shared online showed. “Listen Tehran, come one Ahwaz. Ahwaz, Brazil. Long live the Arabs, I am an Arab, you are an Arab. Ahwaz is Arab,” one fan can be heard …

Al-Arabia – At least four protesters were killed and more than 35 others wounded in central Baghdad on Thursday after security forces used live gunfire to disperse anti-government demonstrations, Reuters reported citing police and hospital sources.The clashes took place near Shuhada bridge, the sources said. Security forces used on Thursday live fire against protesters on Baghdad’s Al-Rasheed Street, hours after …

VOA – Iran’s nuclear agency Thursday announced resumption of uranium enrichment at the country’s underground Fordow nuclear facility, a site where, under the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, it had agreed not to carry out any enrichment or enrichment-related research. The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said in a statement the enrichment began overnight and was witnessed by an …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The nationwide protests taking place in both Arab states [Lebanon and Iraq] are also driven by a burning desire to end Iran’s blatant attempts to turn them into de facto fiefdoms of Tehran.gatestoneinstituteThe nationwide protests taking place in both Arab states [Lebanon and Iraq] are also driven by a burning desire to end Iran’s blatant attempts to turn them into de …

Al-Monitor – The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has started work on a fresh phase of scaling back commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal, which had seen Tehran’s controversial nuclear program dramatically shrink. AEOI spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said Iranian technicians are set to inject nuclear gas known as UF6 into centrifuges at the Fordo facility, a contentious site located south of …

Reuters – Sweden’s state prosecutors have charged an Iraqi Swede with spying on the Ahwazi community in Sweden and elsewhere in Europe and passing the information to Iranian authorities. The immediate aftermath of a terror attack in Ahvaz, attributed to militants among the region’s Arab community. 22 Sep 2018 The Ahwazi are an Arab minority mostly living in the Iranian …

Radiofarda – Two Iranians have pleaded guilty of acting as illegal agents of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the United States, the US Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia announced in a press release on Tuesday November 5. Ahmadreza Mohammadi-Doostdar, 39, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen, and Majid Ghorbani, 60, an Iranian citizen and resident of California, …