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Al-Arabia – French President Emmanuel Macron has not invited Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to the G7 summit to be held in Biarritz later this month, a French diplomatic source said on Wednesday. The official was responding to a report on the Al-Monitor website that Macron had invited Rouhani to the G7 meeting in Biarritz at the end of August to …

Radiofarda – Final oil export figures for the month of July show Iran’s oil shipments down compared with June, standing at just below 400 barrels per day. Figures received by Radio Farda from Kpler, a data intelligence firm, show Iran’s seaborne loadings managed just 399,000 bpd, a decline of 133,000 bpd against an already weak June exports. After the United …

Al-Arabia – The seizure of the British-flagged tanker by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was “powerful, precise and professional,” Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday. The world should be thankful that the IRGC is preserving the security of the Strait of Hormuz, he added. Rouhani said that Iran has been and remains the protector of Bab al-Mandeb Strait …

Radiofarda – An Israeli Cabinet minister says Iran knows “who not to mess with” because Israel is the only country in the world that is killing Iranian operatives. Tzachi Hanegbi spoke to Israel Radio on Sunday after Iran’s seizure of a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. He was referring to Israel’s strikes on Iranian targets in Syria. …

Radiofarda – The Guardian Council in Iran has once again elected hardliner Ahmad Jannati, 93, as the body’s secretary on Wednesday July 17. He has been holding the post since 1992. The Guardian council is Iran’s highest supervisory body that makes sure legislations by the Parliament (Majles) is compatible with the Islamic law (Shariah), and examines the qualifications of candidates …

Hashem Khastar, born June 2, 1953 is an Iranian retired teacher at the Agriculture Technical High School in Mashhad, northeastern Iran. He is also an agricultural engineer and the head of the Mashhad Teachers Union. Mr. Khastar has had and still has a remarkable influence on the issues of teachers’ rights in Iran. This became increasingly clear during the nationwide …

Radiofarda – While French Minister of Finance, Bruno Le Maire, said Thursday, July 4, he hoped the first trade transaction with Iran under INSTEX will be conducted in a few days; an Iranian official has insisted that the European special purpose vehicle is merely a “claim” at the moment, and it would not solve any problem. The instrument in Support …

RFL/RE – Iran has summoned the British ambassador in Tehran over the “illegal seizure” of an Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar, the official government news agency IRNA quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Musavi as saying on July 4. Britain’s Foreign Office confirmed the move and said the ambassador will reiterate Britain’s support for Gibraltar’s seizure of the ship, which was …

Radiofarda – Iran’s Guardian Council said Saturday it sent a bill that would allow Iranian mothers married to foreigners to confer citizenship on their children back to parliament, citing “security” concerns. In a statement on its website, the council said it did not have an issue with the spirit of the bill, but rather the absence of any clauses allowing …

Al-Monitor – Massive crowds accompanied the April 29 funeral procession of Mostafa Ghasemi, a 46-year-old cleric who was shot and killed in broad daylight in the western Iranian city of Hamedan last week. Within 24 hours of the murder, security forces killed the alleged assailant in a gun battle, leaving behind unanswered questions as well as debates among Iranians. Responding to the murder, Ayatollah Ali …