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Radiofarda – New U.S. sanctions against Iran took effect on Tuesday, and President Donald Trump, who defied Washington’s allies to impose them, pledged that companies doing business with Tehran would be barred from doing business with the United States.

Radiofarda – Outspoken Tehran MP Mahmoud Sadeghi has said that a number of employees of Iran’s General Inspection Organization (GIO) have been arrested for “accidentally” auditing bank accounts of the Justice Department.

Radiofarda – Iran has struggled with chronic drought for over a decade, and it is currently estimated that 97 percent of the country is experiencing drought conditions. Iran is in the midst of a full-blown water crisis, and the shortages are among the factors leading to widespread unrest in Iranian society.

Iran-HRM – Sufi woman Maryam Farsiabi was tried by branch 15 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court and sentenced to six months in prison and a two-year ban from traveling abroad.

Radiofarda – US President Donald Trump warned countries against doing business with Iran on Tuesday as he hailed the “most biting sanctions ever imposed”, triggering a mix of anger, fear and defiance in Tehran.