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Radiofarda – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says he has received no proposal to exchange a British-Iranian prisoner in Tehran, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with Iran’s detained oil tanker in Gibraltar. Zarif called the seizure of the oil tanker an act of piracy, while adding that he has received no offer from the UK government to release the oil tanker Grace …

Radiofarda – During the latest court session concerning financial corruption in Iran’s banking sector, one of the accused admitted paying millions of dollars in bribes to the chief of staff of one of the former speakers of the Islamic Republic parliament. According to judicial authorities, the suspect, former deputy head of Sarmayeh (Capital) Bank, Yasser Ziyaee, has admitted paying the …

Al-Arabia – The US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia John Abizaid said that Iran meddles in nearly every country in the region via “various militias that are under Iranian control.” “The Iranians are always ready to have somebody else fight their fight … They’ve got to stop their meddling in nearly every country in the region,” US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia …

Iran-HRM – Nine Baha’is, members of a religious minority that has experienced decades of discrimination in Iran received lengthy prison sentences for their faith. The Birjad court in Southern Khorasan province sentenced each of the Baha’i men and women to six years of prison and confiscated money raised by the Baha’i community in the city. Iran’s Human Rights Activist News …

HRANA – Raheleh Ahmadi, Saba Kord Afshari’s mother, was arrested by security forces on July 9, 2019. According to their family, she is arrested to put pressure on her detained daughter who has denied having a forced video confessions in the past few weeks. Ahmadi was taken to a court where her accusations were explained as “propaganda against the state”, …