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Radiofarda – South Korea and the Islamic Republic of Iran have agreed to establish a working group on expanding humanitarian trade as part of efforts to maintain bilateral partnership within the scope of a U.S.-approved sanctions exemption, a South Korean source close to the matter said Sunday, August 2. Seoul says it is seeking to expand humanitarian exports to Iran, …

Radiofarda – Referring to a $400 billion 25-year trade deal between Iran and China U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on August 2 said the United States will apply all Iran sanctions also to the “Chinese Communist Party and their businesses and state-owned enterprises”. The comments on the Iran-China deal were made during an interview with the Sunday Morning Futures program …

Radiofarda – Iran’s Cultural Heritage Organization is planning to build a second “national museum” in the basement of Ayatollah Rouhollah Khomeini’s mausoleum, which is one of the most venerated sites for the clerical rulers of the Islamic Republic. The website of the organization says “2-3 thousand ancient artifacts” will be placed in the new museum and will make the mausoleum …

Radiofarda – The Islamic Republic’s foreign ministry on Sunday, August 2 sanctioned Richard Goldberg, a member of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington D.C. A statement issues by the ministry’s spokesman’s office accused Mr. Goldberg of “effective participation” in “economic terrorism against the interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran and its citizens.” The statement says the decision …

Radiofarda – Remarks made by Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi and a report by IRGC-linked newspaper in Tehran have cast more doubt on the Ministry’s claim about arresting the leader of “a US-based terrorist group.” Alavi said on the Iranian state TV Saturday night that Jamshid Sharmahd was arrested in Iran. The remark was made after Persian-speaking media outside Iran …