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Radiofarda – President Hassan Rouhani’s chief of staff has welcomed the publication by critics of a list of alleged dual nationals in the Iranian president’s administration, dismissing it as lacking evidence. Earlier, the government had officially denied there were any high-level officials with foreign citizenship or permanent residency. “We are delighted that they have published the list,” Mahmoud Vaezi said, …

Radiofarda – The U.S. military intends to protect American commercial ships against Iranian threats in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz but will not provide naval escorts in every case, the newly installed defense secretary said Wednesday. The aim of the U.S. naval and air presence in the Gulf area is to deter Iran from threatening to stop or …

Radiofarda – The murderer of a political prisoner has been sentenced to Qisas (an eye for an eye or retribution in-kind, according to Sharia law), the spokesman of the Islamic Republic’s Judiciary announced. A court in Iran has sentenced the killer of a political prisoner to Qisas, or retribution in kind. In this undated photo Hamidreza Shoja’ii Zavareh is seen …

Radiofarda – Hossein Dehghan, a military adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Al Jazeera TV on Wednesday July 24 that “Any change in the situation in the Persian Gulf will lead to a dangerous confrontation.” The warning was broadcast as part of an interview to be aired later. Dehghan repeated Iranian official stance on negotiations with the …

Al-Arabia – Brazil is the latest country which is at the receiving end of Tehran’s anger – an indicator of the pressure on the Iranian regime following the US sanctions.Two Iranian ships, carrying Brazilian corn, have been unable to return home and been waiting off the Brazilian coast near the port of Paranagua for the past one month for refueling.Petrobas, …