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VOA – A U.S. federal court unsealed indictments Tuesday charging Iranian and Turkish defendants with conspiring to procure and export U.S. technology to support Iran’s weapons programs. The U.S. Justice Department said that between 2012-2013 Amanallah Paidar, of Iran, and Murat Bükey, of Turkey, sent a device used to test fuel cells from the United States through Turkey, and tried …

Al-Monitor — The Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled new sanctions targeting individuals in Iran and Turkey accused of procuring equipment, including European-made engines, for the Islamic Republic’s drone and weapons programs.  In coordination with the FBI, the US Treasury Department designated four entities and three people it said were part of a network operating on behalf of Iran’s Ministry of Defense and …

Al-Arabia – Iran is ready to expand its cooperation with Russia in the energy sector, including in the development of “peaceful” nuclear energy, Iranian Economy Minister Ehsan Khandouzi said in an interview with Russia’s RIA state news agency. “The prospect of cooperation in the field of ‘new energy’ and renewable energy sources, as well as in the field of other types …

RFL/RE – European ministers agreed to add eight Iranians and one of the Tehran government’s most powerful bodies to EU sanctions lists, alleging human rights violations. The individuals — including clerics, judges, and a broadcaster — are accused of playing leading roles in Iran’s crackdown on anti-government protests. The EU said it was in particular “sanctioning members of the judiciary …

Iranwire – Protesters returned to the streets across Iran overnight to call for the downfall of the Islamic Republic, as Iranians marked Nowrouz, the Persian New Year, amid more than six months of protests against the clerical establishment. Clashes were reported between demonstrators and security forces in western Kurdish areas, where the protest movement and clampdown on dissent have been …