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US Warns Govts, Firms Against Aiding Iran Fuel Shipments To Venezuela

Reuters – Seeking to deter further shipments of Iranian fuel to Venezuela, the Trump administration has quietly warned foreign governments, seaports, shipping companies and insurers that they could face stiff U.S. sanctions if they aid the tanker flotilla, the U.S. envoy on Venezuela told Reuters on Friday. Elliott Abrams, Washington’s special representative on Venezuela, said the pressure campaign targeting heavily …

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Local Officials In Iran Unable To Stop Wildfires, Call For Help

Radiofarda – A day after a wildfire broke out in the Khaeiz protected area in southwest Iran, local officials declared “emergency crisis alert” on Friday, May 29 and asked for much needed help, having little equipment to confront the fires. The deputy governor has called on the “National Crisis Management” to step in to contain the blaze in the province …

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Dreams And Nightmares: The Larijani Clan And The Run-Up To Succession In Iran

Radiofarda – The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed outgoing Majles Speaker Ali Larijani as his adviser and a member of the Expediency Council, demoting his status to a not-so-influential politician who has to spend his life at a not-so-significant advisory council. Ali Larijani’s rise to power as Majles Speaker was a symbol of the rising power …

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Coronavirus: Mosques in Iran to resume daily prayers, Rouhani says

Al-Arabia – Government employees went back to work in Iran on Saturday and President Hassan Rouhani said mosques are to resume daily prayers throughout the country, even though some areas are seeing high levels of coronavirus infections. Read the latest coronavirus updates in our dedicated section.Rouhani also said on state television that the hours of shopping malls, which had been allowed …

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Innocent Young Man Gets Two Years for Posting Tweets

Iran-RHM – Civil activist Rouhollah Mirzaei turned himself in to the Evin Prison in Tehran on May 5, 2020, to serve his sentence. He was initially admitted to the quarantine ward and is presently detained in Ward 8 of Evin Prison. He had been summoned in March at the height of the Coronavirus outbreak. Mr. Mirzaei’s relatives say he had been threatened …

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