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VOA – Two rockets struck an Iranian tanker traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia on Friday, Iranian officials said, the latest incident in the region amid months of heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S.  There was no word from Saudi Arabia on the reported attack, and Saudi officials did not immediately respond to requests …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – According to the statistics department of IHR, Iranian authorities have executed 212 prisoners including 2 juvenile-offenders between January 1 and October 10, 2019. This report is being published on the occasion of the 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty, which aims at raising awareness about the children as unseen victims of the death penalty. …

Al-Monitor – The Iranian Foreign Ministry has issued a statement opposing Turkey’s incursion into northeastern Syria: “Iran’s Foreign Ministry expresses concern over Turkey’s military action inside Syria’s territory, and with serious consideration for the humanitarian situation and respective dangers for civilians in the region under conflict, it calls for an immediate suspension of attacks and withdrawal of Turkish forces from Syria.” The statement continued, …

PayvandNews – The Information Technology Organization of Iran has conducted a survey which shows that Iranian families spend 222.68 trillion rials (about $5.3 billion) annually for information and communication technology (ICT) hardware and services, Mehr reported on Saturday. Of the figure, urban families spend 179.4 trillion rials (about $4.2 billion) and rural families spend 43.2 trillion rials (about $1.1 billion), …

PayvandNews – Iran picked up their third win at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Men’s World Cup on Thursday. Team Melli swept past the African team in straight sets (26-24, 25-17, 25-22) in Hiroshima. See match photos and statistics by FIVB Iran have already defeated Canada and Australia.Amirhossein Esfandiar scored 18 points for Iran and Hamza Nagga led Tunisia with 19 …