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rferl.org – An Iranian supertanker sought by the United States on suspicion of being tied to a sanctioned organization has set sail for Greece hours after Gibraltar rejected a U.S. request to detain the vessel further. Iranian authorities confirmed on August 19 that the Adrian Darya 1, formerly known as Grace 1, left anchorage off Gibraltar. Ship tracking data by …

radiofarda – The commander of Islamic Revolution Guard Corps, IRGC has said that two tankers, one seized by Iran and another in Gibraltar are two separate issues and “their detention or release are not related with one another”. Admiral Alireza Tangsiri told reporters on Sunday, “The British tanker [seized by Iran] has three violations, which must be dealt with”. He …

radiofarda – Despite growing discontent among people in Iran, the number of protests in the country has decreased, the Islamic Republic Minister of Interior claimed on Sunday, August 18. Speaking to deputy governors in the Iranian capital Tehran, Abdol Reza Rahmani Fazli admitted, “While people’s dissatisfaction has increased [in recent months], the number of protest rallies across the country shows …

radiofarda – The Islamic Republic of Iran is planning to work on introducing a new generation of uranium enriching centrifuges, a lawmaker told local media on Sunday August 18. The IR-8 Centrifuges are 20 times more powerful than the first-generation equipment Iran has been using for uranium enrichment. Hamid Reza Hajibabaee quoted the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Chief Ali Akbar …

radiofarda – Nearly 200 inmates in the women’s block of the notorious Qarchak prison near the Iranian capital city, Tehran, said on Saturday, August 17, that they would reject the food provided by the authorities until their demands are met. In a letter to the Islamic Republic’s director-general of prisons, Heshmatollah Hayat al- Ghayb, the enraged inmates have protested the …