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Radiofarda – The United States is struggling to win its allies’ support for an initiative to heighten surveillance of vital Middle East oil shipping lanes because of fears it will increase tension with Iran, six sources familiar with the matter said. Washington proposed on July 9 stepping up efforts to safeguard strategic waters off Iran and Yemen where it blames …

HRANA – The 1980’s executions of the Iranian political prisoners were a series of state-sponsored execution of political prisoners across Iran. The unlawful mass execution is an undeniable truth and a cruel part of contemporary history in Iran. These executions took place between 1981-1988 nationwide and the victims had been buried in distorted areas. During the 1988 executions of the …

Al-Arabia – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi denied on Friday that Iran had lost a drone in the Strait of Hormuz after the United States said that a US Navy ship had “destroyed” an Iranian drone. “We have not lost any drone in the Strait of Hormuz nor anywhere else. I am worried that USS Boxer has shot down …

Iran-HRM – It would seem that the Iranian regime is stepping up pressure against political prisoners by using non-political violent inmates to attack them. There have been reports on some rights activists and political prisoners who were brutalized in prison during the past few days. Particularly, families of political prisoners are increasingly concerned about the safety of their loved ones …

RFL/RE — The U.S. Treasury Department on July 18 imposed additional sanctions on Iran that target its nuclear-enrichment program.They are the first restrictive measures since Tehran said earlier this month that it would increase enriched uranium levels to above those allowed under the terms of a 2015 nuclear accord.The blacklist includes five people and an international group of companies in Iran, Belgium, …