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Radiofarda The collapse of Venezuelan society under the dictatorial and socialist Maduro regime cannot fail to remind us of Iran under the Islamic Republic. Like Maduro, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has put the enrichment of his mafia clan and an exploitative revolutionary ideology before the needs of the Iranian people. Like Venezuela, Iran is experiencing black outs, water and …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s announcement that it had stopped respecting limits on its nuclear activities agreed under a 2015 deal was “intentionally ambiguous”, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a visit to London on Wednesday. “I think it was intentionally ambiguous… We’ll have to wait and see what Iran’s actions actually are” before deciding the US response, Pompeo said …

Al-Arabia – The United States on Wednesday warned European banks, investors and businesses against engaging with the so-called special purpose vehicle (SPV), a Europe-backed system to facilitate non-dollar trade with Iran and circumvent US sanctions. “If you are a bank, an investor, an insurer or other business in Europe you should know that getting involved in the … Special Purpose …

VOA – The United States has imposed sanctions on Iran’s metal sectors as tension escalates between the two countries. The White House statement made the announcement in a statement issued Wednesday, a year after the U.S. withdrew from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his country will suspend its compliance with prohibitions on stockpiles of enriched …

Amnesty – Abdullah Karmollah Chab and Ghassem Abdullah, from Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority, are facing the death penalty following a grossly unfair trial. “Confessions” they have said were obtained under torture and other ill-treatment, including electric shocks and mock executions, were used to convict them. Their cases are before the Supreme Court. https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1303212019ENGLISH.pdf