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Iranian Political Prisoners Hunger Strike In Horrific Condition

Iran-HRM – The Iranian political prisoners, held on horrific condition have no choice but going on hunger strike and risk their own health to convey their voice to the outside world. These hunger strikes highlight the fact that Iranian regime has remained indifferent to human suffering as it ever has been. There is desperate need for international inquiries into the …

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Saudis Approve Hosting U.S. Troops Amid Rising Tensions With Iran

RFL/RE – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has approved the hosting of U.S. troops for the first time since Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003, as the two allies bolster cooperation amid rising tensions with Iran.“Based on mutual cooperation between Saudi Arabia and the United States of America, and their desire to enhance everything that could preserve the security …

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Are Iranian Women Really Banned From Eating Ice Cream? Here’s The Scoop

RFL/RE – It began with social-media posts claiming the head of the Women’s Basij organization in Iran had announced that “women will soon be banned from eating ice cream in public places” and that “violators” will face stiff punishments.As the claim spread on Twitter and Telegram, some openly criticized the “nonsensical” crackdown attributed to Minou Aslani, leader of the women’s …

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Iran: British Tanker ‘Ignored Distress Call,’ Taken to Bander Abbas

VOA — Iran has taken a British-flagged oil tanker it seized in the Strait of Hormuz to Bandar Abbas port, where it and its crew will remain while an investigation into the vessel’s conduct is carried out, Iran’s Fars news agency said Saturday. The Stena Impero was in an accident with an Iranian fishing boat whose distress call it ignored, the agency …

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Iran ‘Nothing but Trouble,’ Trump Says After Seizure of British Oil Tankers

VOA — Iran is “nothing but trouble,” U.S. President Donald Trump said after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized two British-owned oil tankers Friday in the Strait of Hormuz. “We heard it was one, we heard it was two. We’ll be working with the U.K.,” Trump said on the White House South Lawn in response to a question from VOA. …

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