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Radiofarda – A historical appeal of Amnesty International highlighted by one of the human rights watchdog’s Iran researchers has proven that Iranian authorities were aware of the execution of dissidents between July 10 and August 16 in 1988, which set the scene for the mass execution of thousands of political prisoners later that year. Raha Bahreini, an Iran researcher with …

Al-Arabia – The behavior of the United States’ European allies has been “disappointing” with regards to a US move to restore UN sanctions on Iran, Kelly Craft, US ambassador to the United Nations, told a German newspaper.

RFL/RE – Iran says it has it seized a United Arab Emirates ship for violating its territorial waters earlier this week and that U.A.E. coastguards killed two Iranian fishermen on the same day.The Iranian Foreign Ministry made the announcement on August 20 amid rising tensions between the Gulf countries following last week’s announcement that the U.A.E. had agreed to normalize ties with …

VOA – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo formally notified the United Nations on Thursday that the United States is initiating a “snapback” of all international sanctions on Iran dating back to 2006.    “Our message is very, very simple,” Pompeo told reporters at the U.N. “The United States will never allow the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism to freely …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Europe’s leaders also did not support extending the arms embargo. They have been arguing that they want to preserve the nuclear deal. What deal? The deal that Iran never signed? The deal that Iran has been violating anyway? The European powers have also ignored a recent plea by Iran’s neighbors to extend the arms embargo, as well as …