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RFL/RE – Iranian retirees have renewed protests in several major cities across the country, reiterating calls for more social and economic freedoms, as well as regular adjustments to their pensions in line with inflation as the cost of living soars amid international sanctions. According to reports on social media outlets, the protests took place on July 19 outside the pension fund offices …

RFL/RE – Iran would retaliate against any oil company unloading Iranian oil from a seized tanker, the Revolutionary Guards’ navy commander, Alireza Tangsiri, said on July 20, according to state media. In April, the U.S. confiscated Iranian oil on a tanker at sea in a sanctions enforcement operation, according to a maritime security firm. Tangsiri added that Tehran would hold …

RFL/RE – Afsaneh Bayegan has become the latest actress to be convicted for her public opposition to Iran’s mandatory hijab law after being sentenced to two years in prison, as well as mandatory psychological treatment for what the court termed an “anti-family personality disorder.” Bayegan’s sentence, handed down on July 19, follows similar punishments given to actresses Azadeh Samadi and Leila Bolukat …

Iranwire – An Iranian judge has sentenced a woman convicted of flouting the Islamic Republic’s mandatory headscarf rules to two years in prison. As an alternative sentence, she was offered to work for one month as a body washer at a Tehran morgue and pay a fine of 3.1 million tomans ($60). The inhumane ruling was handed down by Mohammad …

Iranwire – The United States has reportedly banned 14 Iraqi banks from conducting transactions in dollars in a crackdown on the siphoning of US currency to Iran. The ban was imposed by the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Wall Street Journal reported on July 19, citing U.S. officials. According to the report, the United States …