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RFL/RE — A dual U.S.-Iranian citizen has been arrested by the FBI on charges of seeking to evade U.S. export restrictions imposed on Iran. Kambiz Attar Kashani, 44, was detained on January 14 in Chicago after he tried to ship goods and technology to the Central Bank of Iran, the Department of Justice said in a statement. The U.S. bans …

RFL/RE – Charred tents, a burned-out motorcycle, and a damaged white SUV vehicle. This was the aftermath of a reported drone strike carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in southeastern Iran. The December 28 strike in Rigan county in Kerman Province appears to mark the first time the IRGC, Iran’s elite military force, has used drones to target security …

Iranwire – The current and former Iranian ambassadors to Russia have thrown their weight behind deeper ties with Moscow ahead of a planned visit to the country by President Ebrahim Raisi, with one claiming Iranians supported the Kremlin under Vladimir Putin. Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi, whose mission in Moscow ran from 2009 to 2013, used an interview with Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting’s …

Iranwire – A Baha’i citizen in Tabriz, Sina Shahri, was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence agents on January 17, at about 1pm, and taken to an unknown location. The agents also searched Shahri’s home and workplace and confiscated personal belongings relating to his religious beliefs. No other information is available regarding Shahri’s case. He is the fifth Baha’i to have …

Iranwire – Seven political prisoners at Evin Prison are on hunger strike in reaction to the death of their fellow inmate, the poet Baktash Abtin. The detainees demand accountability from Iranian judicial figures over Abtin’s having contracted Covid-19 in prison, and alleged medical neglect that allowed him to become seriously ill before receiving treatment. Inmates of Ward 8 of Evin …