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Iranwire – European Union member states have maintained restrictive measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran under the non-proliferation sanctions regime after an October 18 deadline set in the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. The European Council “adopted legal acts to maintain the designations, that had initially been imposed by the United Nations for individuals and entities …

Iranwire – Iran’s most prominent Sunni cleric has protested against the prevention of a number of Sunni clerics from entering the southeastern city of Zahedan, calling such actions a manifestation of the “narrow-mindedness” of the Islamic Republic’s Shia leadership. Molavi Abdulhamid emphasized that Sunnis “are a part of the country and should not face obstacles when traveling to Zahedan, Chabahar …

Iranwire – Prominent Iranian political prisoner Fatemeh Sepehri has expressed hope that the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East will lead to the downfall of the Islamic Republic. In a video clip released on October 16 from Ghaem Hospital in the northeastern city of Mashhad, Sepehri condemned the Hamas attack on Israel and criticized the “agents of the Islamic Republic …

Iranwire – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued a stark warning to Lebanon’s armed group Hezbollah and its Iranian backers, urging them to stay on the sidelines of Israel’s war against Palestinian movement Hamas. “Don’t try us, you will be severely harmed,” Netanyahu said in a speech to parliament on October 16, as the Israeli military prepares to launch …

VOA – The world should be careful to ensure the standoff with Iran over its nuclear program does not become like North Korea, which expelled U.N. inspectors before testing nuclear weapons, U.N. atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said Monday. “We have to deploy every effort to prevent this problem, this current debate on what is happening and what can be …