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Radiofarda – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has tweeted that the people of Iraq and Lebanon have a right to free themselves of Iranian “regime’s” influence. He wrote on November 5, Iraqis and Lebanese are discovering “that Iranian regime’s top export is corruption, badly disguised as revolution.” Large protests against economic hardship and corruption by the political elite have …

Radiofarda – The former managing director of the Islamic Republic Ports and Shipping Organization (PSO) and member of ex-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s nuclear negotiating team, Mohammad Saeedi, has been arrested in Tehran, local news outlets report. Young Journalists Club (YJC), which is affiliated with the Islamic Republic’s state-owned Radio and TV network, reported on Tuesday, November 5, a former managing director …

Radiofarda – Iran’s decision to take a new step to reduce commitments under the landmark 2015 nuclear deal or JCPOA is a concern, putting the accord at risk, the European Commission said on Tuesday. “We are concerned by President (Hassan) Rouhani’s announcement today to further reduce Iran’s commitment under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,” a spokeswoman said, referring to …

Radiofarda – The Iranian Central Bank has made it mandatory for all banks in Iran to establish an anti-money laundering unit. The initiative appears to be an effort by the Rouhani administration to circumvent the legislative deadlock over meeting the requirements of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The latest deadline set by FATF gives Iran less than four months …

Radiofarda – The former chairman of Iranian parliament’s influential National Security and Foreign Policy Commission says that Iranian crude oil exports are currently twenty times less than what it was before sanction were imposed by Washington. Speaking to the parliament’s website, Khane-ye Mellat (the House of Nation), Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh called upon Iran’s Foreign Ministry to devise a strategy to find …