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iranintl – Reports about a money-losing foreign currency trading scheme at the central bank of Iran has surfaced as the media is abuzz with another large corruption case. The Central Bank of Iran issued a statement Monday rejecting reports that the bank bought foreign currency at a higher rate and sold it to a cabal of insider businesspeople. The government’s …

RFL/RE – The Tehran University disciplinary committee has reportedly initiated proceedings against at least 30 students from its Faculty of Social Sciences, according to information released by the country’s Student Guild Councils via their Telegram channel. The move comes in the wake of a significant Student Day protest rally on December 7, where the students in question are alleged to …

Iranwire – Branch 36 of the Tehran Court of Appeals has sentenced six Baha’is, from Iran’s largest religious minority community, to a total of over 30 years in prison.  The court overturned a lower court’s ruling on the charge of “propaganda against the system” for Iraj Shakor, Saba Sefidi, and Pedram Abhar, finding them not guilty of that charge. But …

Iranwire – The European Union has imposed sanctions on six Iranian individuals and five entities it says are involved in Iran’s “development and production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) used in Russia’s illegal war of aggression.”  “These are the first listings under the newly established framework for restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military support of Russia’s war of aggression …

VOA – An Austrian national went on trial Monday in London for allegedly spying for a group that may have been preparing to attack an Iranian TV station in the British capital. Magomed-Husejn Dovtaev, 31, who is originally from Chechnya, was detained by counterterrorism officers in west London on Feb. 11. He was charged with possession of records containing information …