Al-Monitor – While having granted Europe a chance to save the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran is in parallel mulling an exit from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in response to the US withdrawal from the JCPOA. Such a move would be accompanied with many legal complications but is nonetheless among the most likely …
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Local Police in Southern Iran Accused of Killing Two Protesters
CHRI – At least two people are suspected to have been killed and several wounded after police in the south-western Iranian city of Kazeroon opened fire on a crowd in front of a police station where their relatives were detained for protesting the planned partition of the city, a resident told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on …
Read More »European Commission to Move to Block US Sanctions on Iran
VOA – The European Commission will initiate plans Friday to prohibit European companies from adhering to U.S. sanctions against Iran, a move to help keep the Iran nuclear agreement intact and to defend European corporate interests.
Read More »Striking Workers Promise More Rail Disruptions If Demands Are Not Met
Radiofarda – As their strike entered its fourth day May 16, workers at the Hepco industrial complex in the central Iranian city of Arak removed the barricades they had used to block the country’s main north-south railway line and set a five-day deadline for authorities to respond to their demands.
Read More »Iranian Banks Must Comply With Rules On Money Laundering – Report
Radiofarda – The myriad problems faced by Iranian banks stem not from sanctions, but from their failure to follow international banking rules, an official study by the Iranian parliament’s research center reports.
Read More »Iran Signs Agreement With British Consortium To Develop Oil
AP)— Iranian state TV is reporting that Tehran has signed an agreement with a British consortium to develop an oil field in the country’s south.
Read More »Iranian Starts Blocking Internet Filtering Circumvention Tools
Radiofarda – Iran’s Information and Communication Technology Minister announced that based on an order issued by the Supreme Council of Cyberspace, his ministry has started blocking anti-filtering programs or internet filtering circumvention tools, as they are known.
Read More »As Currency Crisis Worsens, Iranians Begin To Invest In Gold
Radiofarda – Iranians are reportedly investing in gold after the Central Bank of Iran last week issued strict limits on the amount of foreign currency travelers can take out of the country amid a deepening currency crisis.
Read More »EU TO Defend Firms Against U.S. Iran Sanctions – Macron
Radiofarda – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that the European Union must protect EU companies doing business with Iran from U.S. sanctions being reimposed over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Read More »Russia-Led Trade Bloc Seeks Free Trade Area With Iran
Radiofarda- The Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union trade bloc signed an interim trade deal with Iran on Thursday and plans to negotiate a free trade zone, said Kazakhstan which hosted the talks.
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