Radiofarda – Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said during a lecture at Chatham House in London in February that “Iran will leave the nuclear deal if there are no benefits for Tehran in staying in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and if the banks continue to refuse cooperating with the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
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Jailed Iranian lawyer warns of hunger striking detainee’s impending death
Al-Arabia – From her jail cell in Iran’s notorious Evin prison, lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh said that “the life of Farhad Meysami is in danger” in a letter warning of the activist’s risk of dying if he was to continue on with his hunger strike which started four months ago.
Read More »Prince Khalid: Hezbollah helped Iran in ‘killing dozens of Americans’
Al-Arabia – Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States Prince Khalid bin Salman on Tuesday criticized the Iranian regime for its creation of Hezbollah which has helped Tehran in “killing dozens of Americans and committing genocide against the Syrian people”.
Read More »Pompeo Says China, Iran, And Russia Causing Global Instability
RFL/RE – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has criticized China, Iran, and Russia for violating numerous treaties and multistate agreements.
Read More »Iran’s President Threatens To Close Strait Of Hormuz If U.S. Blocks Oil Exports
RFL/RE – Iranian President Hassan Rohani has threatened again to close the Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for nearly a third of all oil traded by sea.
Read More »UN Security Council Meets To Debate New Iran Missile Test
RFL/RE – The UN Security Council will meet behind closed doors to discuss Iran’s latest missile test, which the United States and other allies said may have been in violation of a 3-year-old council resolution.
Read More »US Ambassador to UN Calls on Iran to Release Political Prisoners
VOA – U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, is demanding that Iran release its political prisoners following the publication of a joint letter written by families of those detained in Iran.
Read More »Iran committing crimes against humanity by concealing fate of thousands of slaughtered political dissidents
Amnesty – By concealing the fate and whereabouts of thousands of political dissidents who were forcibly disappeared and secretly executed in prison 30 years ago, Iranian authorities are continuing to commit crimes against humanity, said Amnesty International in a damning report published today.
Read More »Detained Protester Reportedly Tortured as Iranian Sugar Mill Workers Demand Unpaid Wages
CHRI – Detained labor activist Esmail Bakhshi was hospitalized after being tortured under interrogation, according to Iranian labor sources.
Read More »Crackdown on Defense Lawyers in Iran: Amirsalar Davoudi Not Heard From Since Arrest
CHRI – Davoudi Eighth Human Rights Attorney to Be Jailed in Iran in Last Six Months
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