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Al-Monitor – Iran and Oman agreed today to jointly develop an oil field in the Persian Gulf.  Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji made the agreement with his Omani counterparts on the “integrated development” of the field. The two countries also agreed to exchange petrochemical products and related technical and engineering expertise, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.  The agreement came during …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Oman on Monday with trade deals on the agenda and as international talks on Tehran’s nuclear program hang in the balance. Raisi, on his second Gulf visit since taking office in August, was greeted by Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said at the airport and received a 21-gun salute at the royal …

RFL/RE – Iranian activist Farhad Meysami has been taken to the hospital following a two-week hunger strike protesting the threatened execution of Swedish-Iranian doctor Ahmedreza Djalali, according to Meysami’s lawyer. Lawyer Mohammad Moghimi wrote on Twitter on May 21 that Meysami’s condition was worsening and that his life was in danger.SEE ALSO:Amnesty Says Swedish-Iranian ‘Hostage’ At Risk Of Retaliatory Execution By Tehran …

Iranwire – Over the last 20 years, there have been multiple incidents of serial killings in Iran that were striking not just for the horrific nature of the crimes involved, but for how they were received by the Iranian public. Among them have been Gholamreza Khoshroo, 32, known as the “Night Bat”, who raped and murdered nine women before finally being …

Iranwire – A colonel in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was shot dead in Tehran by unidentified gunmen on a motorbike, state media reported on Sunday.  In a short statement on the killing of Col. Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, the IRGC blamed “the anti-Revolution and agents affiliated with global arrogance”. Khodaei was shot five times while sat inside his unarmored Pride …