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VOA – Iranian-American activists seeking to oust former Iranian officials from U.S. academia to hold them accountable for the Islamic republic’s poor human rights record say a U.S. college that suspended one former official last month needs to do more. Alliance Against Islamic Regime of Iran Apologists (AAIRIA) also tells VOA that the suspension of Mohammad Jafar Mahallati at Ohio’s …

iranintl – The UK foreign secretary summoned Iran’s chargé d’affaires Friday, warning that Iran’s “malign” activities will not be tolerated on UK soil or in the Middle East. David Cameron’s action followed revelations that the Iranian regime planned to assassinate two Iran International news presenters, Sima Sabet and Fardad Farahzad, in London last year. The recently appointed foreign secretary said he wanted “to …

iranintl – Russia’s support for the United Arab Emirates in its dispute with Iran over the ownership of three Persian Gulf islands has turned into a controversy in Tehran. The Iranian leadership, typically reticent about Russia’s double standards, has, for the second time this year, heightened its response to Moscow’s stance. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s most senior foreign policy adviser, …

iranintl – In a major development, the Pentagon said that the kamikaze drone which struck an oil tanker in the Indian Ocean early Saturday was launched directly from Iran. The incident comes against a backdrop of Houthi attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea, and may suggest an escalation of regional tensions that began with the Hamas rampage of Israel on …

iranintl – Insisting that there would be “dictatorship” in the absence of elections, Iran’s Supreme Leader Saturday urged Iranians to vote in the March parliamentary elections. Khamenei who was addressing a group of visitors from Kerman and Khuzestan provinces emphasized that the solution to the problems that Iran and Iranians are facing is participation in the elections, blaming the opposition …