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Al-Monitor – The crew of a US Coast Guard cutter fired multiple bursts of warning shots as two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fast-attack boats came too close to a formation of US Navy ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. Thirteen IRGC boats approached the group of six US vessels as they escorted the surfaced USS Georgia submarine through …

RFL/RE – Tehran says it “strongly condemns” a weekend attack on the Iranian Consulate in the southern Iraqi city of Karbala following the killing of a prominent activist. A “letter of protest” has been handed over to the Iraqi Embassy in Tehran, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told reporters on May 10. “It is the international duty of the …

RFL/RE – In a recent letter from prison, Iranian dervish Mohammad Sharifi Moghadami asked his countrymen, including writers and publishers, to send books to Iran’s largest detention facility. Within days of its circulation, some 7,000 books had arrived at Great Tehran Penitentiary, also known as Fashafouyeh Prison, from every corner of the country, including the northern city of Rasht and …

RFL/RE – The U.S. Navy said it has seized an arms shipment hidden aboard a vessel in the Arabian Sea. The U.S. Navy has previously seized weapons in the Arabian Sea believed to be from Iran and intended for Huthi rebels in Yemen. In a statement on May 9, the U.S. Navy said the source and intended destination of the …

Iranwire – Saba Kord Afshari, a civil activist imprisoned in Qarchak prison in Varamin, launched a hunger strike on Saturday, May 8 to protest against her mother’s treatment. HRANA News Agency reports that the young women’s rights campaigner wants to highlight the worsening pressure on her family and those of other political prisoners. Kord Afshari’s mother, Raheleh Ahmadi, was sentenced …