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VOA – The U.S. Navy has released video it says shows an Iranian patrol boat removing an unexploded limpet mine from the hull of one of the two oil tankers attacked in the Gulf of Oman Thursday. One of the tankers is Norwegian-owned, and the other is owned by a Japanese company. The mine was attached to the Japanese tanker, …

Al-Monitor – Experts agree that the promotion of knowledge-based startups would be a suitable remedy to address the intensifying unemployment in Iran. In fact, with youth unemployment at 27.5%, the Iranian authorities need to look for opportunities to create jobs for the country’s young, educated and tech-savvy population. While in recent years a considerable growth has been recorded in information technology (IT) …

aljazeera – After a driver asked a passenger to put on her headscarf, some Iranians began boycotting popular ride-hailing app Snapp.by Saeed Jalili 12 Jun 2019 Iran’s law requires women to cover their hair and wear loose garment to hide their body and skin [Majid Saeedi/Getty Images] A move to boycott a popular Iranian ride-hailing application has gained momentumamong social …

Radiofarda – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says he is not going to respond to U.S. President Donal Trump’s message which was conveyed to him by Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a meeting in Tehran on Thursday June 16. Voicing his defiance and distrust at the same time, Khamenei said “I have no response and I will not …

Radiofarda – Japan’s top government spokesman says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s high-stakes trip to Iran is intended to help de-escalate tensions in the Mideast — and not specifically mediate between Tehran and Washington. The remarks by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga to reporters were apparently meant to downplay and lower expectations amid uncertain prospects for Abe’s mission. Abe was to …