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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 …

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 …

RFL/RE – Three Iranian border guards have been killed in a clash with “armed insurgents” in the northwestern province of West Azerbaijan, Iranian media report. Citing a police statement, news agencies said the clash broke out near the town of Sardasht on May 29. The border guards were on patrol when they clashed with the “armed insurgents,” the reports said, …

VOA – Britain, France and Germany issued a joint statement Saturday in which they expressed “regret” about the United States decision to end sanctions waivers for Iranian civilian nuclear projects intended to prevent weapons development.   “We deeply regret the decision by the United States to end the three exemptions for key nuclear projects of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action …

Al-Monitor – A State Department official said it is warning companies about doing oil-related business with Venezuela as the ships continue to arrive.  The Fortune, an Iranian-flagged fuel tanker, is seen after it docked at El Palito refinery in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, May 26, 2020. Photo by Economy Vice President’s Office/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images. The fourth of five Iranian fuel …