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RFL/RE – Ahead of a trip to Tehran by Germany’s foreign minister, Iran’s top diplomat, Mohammad Javad Zarif, told European countries not to criticize the Islamic republic for seeking to bolster its military capabilities. “Europeans are not in a position to criticize” Iran for issues outside the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, Iran’s foreign minister was quoted …

Al-Monitor – Britain, France, Germany and the European Union — the European signatories to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — have offered little beyond frustration to Iran, which had been expecting them to provide the promised economic dividends of the accord in the face of US pressure that has been mounting since President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the deal in …

Radiofarda – New legislation passed by the Iranian Parliament approved death sentence for perpetrators of “acid attacks aimed at bringing about terror and instability in the society.” Dozens of women in Iran have been attacked with acid in recent years by family members or presumably by hardline supporters of the compulsory hijab. Ministry of Health statistics puts acid attacks at …

Radiofarda – Iran’s oil minister says the new rounds of U.S. sanctions imposed on the country are markedly different than the previous round, but Iran is finding ways to circumvent them. Describing the new rounds over the past six years as “smart sanctions,” Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh told the Iranian Parliament’s official website on June 8 that “the U.S. …

Radiofarda – Iran is considering releasing a Lebanese resident of the United States who is serving a 10-year sentence on espionage charges following a request from Lebanese officials. The semi-official Fars news agency on Sunday quoted Iranian judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili as saying that authorities were conducting a “special review” of the request by Nizar Zakka and “Lebanese political officials,” …