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radiofarda – A third British warship is heading to the Gulf, the Royal Navy announced Saturday, amid heightened tensions in the region. Britain has already sent the HMS Kent to cover for frigate HMS Montrose while it undergoes maintenance in nearby Bahrain, and is now redirecting the Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender from its mission to the Pacific. “Wherever the …

radiofarda – The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnasser Hemmati says the value of the Iranian currency rial has been strengthened by 40 percent during recent months. Hemmati’s claim comes on the backdrop of a sharp devaluation of Iran’s rial last year and its partial recovery in recent months. He was probably referring to last year when …

radiofarda – Iran’s deputy defense minister has said his country has accurate missiles it has not unveiled to be able to surprise its “enemies”. Qassem Taqizadeh who was speaking prior to Friday Prayer sermon in Mashhad said, “A lot of accomplishments cannot be revealed through the media, so we hide them” to surprise the enemy when the day comes. Taqizadeh …

rferl.org – As head of Iran’s judiciary for a decade, Sadegh Amoli Larijani held significant power to use the country’s legal system to crack down on dissenters, political opponents, and others. Within months of a new judiciary chief’s appointment in March, Larijani’s political enemies looked to have been hitting back. One of the most prominent members of an influential political …

rferl.org – Iran’s Foreign Ministry says it has imposed sanctions on the Washington-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies and its CEO — saying the organization has promoted sanctions and “economic terrorism” against Iran. Reports on August 24 by Iranian media, including the semiofficial Fars news agency, quoted a statement by Iran’s Foreign Ministry as saying the foundation and its CEO …