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Al-Monitor – Two tankers stranded in two straits almost 4,000 miles apart are threatening to sink the already-adrift relationship between Britain and Iran. When it comes to Iran, Britain is the old fox who’s always desperate to exploit Persia.  Britain’s decision to back authorities in Gibraltar as they seized control July 4 of Iranian oil supertanker Grace 1 was seen in Tehran …

RFL/RE – Iranian security forces have prevented devotees of fans of late poet Ahmad Shamlou, who pushed for greater freedoms and had some of his work banned under successive governments, from marking the 18th anniversary of his death. Iranian poet Ahmad Shamlou (1925-2000)(artwork by Bozorgmehr Hosseinpur) Eyewitnesses told RFE/RL’s Radio Farda that dozens of supporters of Shamlou attempted to hold a …

PayvandNews – Iran’s Visual Arts Office director Hadi Mozaffari said on Monday that the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance is considering taking legal action against the writers of “Iran Modern: The Empress of Art” published in New York last September. Iran Modern: The Empress of Art “Iran Modern: The Empress of Art” uncovers the last journey of Iran’s former …

Radiofarda – In an scathing attack on the Islamic Republic policies, the most influential Sunni leader in Iran has called upon the military to stay out of politics and the economy and has demanded a change in the country’s foreign policy. In an interview published July 25 by the official Sunnis information website (Sunni online) Maulana Abdol Hamid Ismaeel Zahi …

Radiofarda – Iran has freed nine of 12 Indian crew from a Panama-flagged tanker seized on July 14, India’s foreign ministry said Friday. Iran had accused the MT Riah ship of smuggling contraband fuel when it was detained, amid mounting tensions between the Iranian government and Britain and the US over shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The TankerTrackers online …