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Al-Arabia – Viewers have accused the BBC of undermining its credibility after a Huffington Post report exposed a deal between the BBC and Tehran in which the BBC agreed not to share reports from inside Iran on its BBC Persian network. In exchange, the BBC was granted access for a foreign correspondent to enter Tehran, but the conditions of the …

RFL/RE – Iran says it has helped a foreign oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz amid U.S. concern that Tehran seized the vessel. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Musavi said on July 17 that the country towed an unnamed vessel to harbor after it suffered a technical malfunction. But the United States said that the vessel had not been …

VOA – President Donald Trump has responded to Iran’s top diplomat raising the idea of talks about its missile program by saying Iran cannot test ballistic missiles that are seen by the U.S. as vehicles to carry nuclear bombs. Speaking to reporters Tuesday at a White House Cabinet meeting, Trump said that in addition to his belief that Iran must …

VOA – Portugal has suspended the issuance of entry visas for Iranian nationals for unspecified security reasons, Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva said on Tuesday, adding the move was not related to bilateral relations between the two countries. Answering a question from a lawmaker at parliamentary committee on whether such a move had been taken, Santos Silva said during the …

Amnesty – Iranian journalists Sanaz Alahyari and Amirhossein Mohammadifar have been on hunger strike since 4 July. They are protesting their continued detention and the authorities’ ongoing crackdown on labour rights activists and journalists covering the protests at Haft Tappeh sugar cane company in Khuzestan province. Prison doctors have said that Sanaz Alahyari is in poor health and she could …