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RFL/RE – Eight European Union member states have given their support for a European-led maritime surveillance mission in the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic route for world oil supplies. Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, and Portugal backed the new force, they said in a “political statement” issued by France’s Foreign Ministry on January 20. The move comes …

VOA – Iran’s civil aviation authority said Tuesday the country’s military fired two missiles at a Ukrainian commercial jet that went down shortly after taking off from Tehran earlier this month, killing all 176 people on board. A Civil Aviation Organization report identified the missiles as being the TOR-M1 model, a type of Russian-made, surface-to-air missile. It also said it …

Reuters – Iran said on Monday it could quit the global nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if European countries refer it to the U.N. Security Council over a nuclear agreement, a move that would overturn diplomacy in its confrontation with the West. The 1968 NPT has been the foundation of global nuclear arms control since the Cold War, including a 2015 …

Radiofarda – The U.S. Department of State has added the name of IRGC Brigadier General Hassan Shahvarpour to the list of Iranian officials sanctioned by the United States. Shahvarpour is the commander of the IRGC unit that massacred dozens of Iranian protesters in the southern city of Mahshahr in November. The United States announced in an official statement that the …

Radiofarda – The Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee on Monday said “human error” was responsible for the downing of the Ukrainian plane in Tehran on January 8 and the possibility of a cyber-attack has been ruled out. According to a report published by the Parliament news website, Mojtaba Zolnour, the Chairman of the Committee …