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Radiofarda – The Netherlands is studying a U.S. request to provide military backing in the Straight of Hormuz to protect commercial shipping in the key passage. Dutch Foreign Affairs minister Stef Blok said Monday that the government would work through mid-September assessing the request before making a decision. He said it depended on the military equipment that would be needed …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s foreign minister has for the first time suggested his country’s ballistic missile program could be on the table for negotiations with the US – if America stops selling arms to its Gulf allies in the Mideast. Mohammad Javad Zarif’s comments came in an NBC News interview that aired Monday night. Iran long has maintained its ballistic missile …

Al-Arabia – Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned on Tuesday that the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker on July 4 in Gibraltar will not be left unanswered, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. “England carries out maritime piracy and steals our ship … they commit crimes and then legitimize them … the Islamic Republic will not leave these actions …

Iran-HRM – Golrokh Iraee and Atena Daemi each were sentenced to three years and seven months in prison and a two-year ban on membership in political parties and associations. Civil rights activists Golrokh Iraee and Atena Daemi stood trial on June 18, 2019, at the 26th branch of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran, headed by judge Iman Afshari. The court …

Iran-HRM – Deputy of the municipality organization has said that one fifth of the country’s population are now living in slums, the state-run ISNA news agency reported on Tuesday, July 9. Saeed Reza Jandaghian said that there are about 11.4 million people living in slums, according to official figures, but the actual numbers are much higher, and today, 16 million …