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Radiofarda – First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri said today that Iran’s oil exports have hugely declined due to U.S. sanctions but did not disclose how much oil is being exported now to keep it secret from those who are not “trusted to know”. Speaking at a ceremony at Tehran Chamber of Commerce Jahangiri said sanctions, structural problems in Iran’s economy, …

Radiofarda – In a statement released today 150 Iranian Doctors condemned the security forces’ harsh suppression of popular protests in November.The statement also says the regime is responsible for “Iranophobia both in the region and internationally”. “Regular and disguised military, law enforcement and security forces opened fire on the people and used the destruction and rioting of a few opportunists …

Radiofarda – Spokesperson of Iran’s presidential administration denied reports about the First Vice President suggesting resignation to President Hassan Rouhani. “The resignation of the president and the government has in no way been suggested and has no proponents”, Ali Rabiei said on Monday, December 16. Some websites affiliated with Iran’s hardliners had reported in recent days that First Vice President …

RFL/RE – The U.S. State Department has issued a sanctions advisory that warns “entities and individuals” of transferring two crucial steel-making inputs to Iran in its pursuit to deprive Tehran of revenue that could be used to promote the “regime’s malign behavior.”Issued on December 16, the alert says parties who transfer or export graphite electrodes and needle coke to Iran run …

VOA – Amnesty International says its documented death toll from Iran’s recent anti-government protests will rise again from the group’s latest report that at least 304 demonstrators were killed by security forces. “That is not a final figure by any means,” said Amnesty’s Middle East research director Philip Luther in a VOA Persian interview on Monday. Hours earlier, the London-based rights …