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Over 92 Die In Iran’s Mahsa Amini Protests – Rights Group

Over 92 Die In Iran’s Mahsa Amini Protests – Rights Group

October 3, 2022 6:54 am

No fewer than 92 people have been confirmed dead as Iran has cracked down on women-led protests which was sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the notorious morality police, the group Iran Human Rights confirmed on Monday.

As protests stretch into a third week, President Ebrahim Raisi yesterday stated that the ‘enemies’ of Iran had ‘failed in their conspiracy’.

Kurdish Iranian Amini, 22, was pronounced dead two weeks after she was detained for allegedly breaching rules requiring women to wear hijab headscarves and modest clothes, sparking Iran’s biggest wave of popular unrest in almost three …

Iran Dispatches Team To Resume Nuclear Talks In Vienna

Iran Dispatches Team To Resume Nuclear Talks In Vienna

August 4, 2022 4:50 am

Iran has announced that it has resolved to send a delegation to Vienna to resume talks to revive the frayed 2015 agreement on its nuclear programme that has been halted since March.

‘As part of the policy of lifting cruel sanctions against our country, Iran’s negotiating team led by Ali Bagheri, the Islamic republic’s chief negotiator, will leave for Vienna in a few hours,’ foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said in a statement sighted by Africa Daily News, New York on Thursday.

Negotiations in Vienna had begun in April 2021 to restore the deal, but have stalled for the past …

Why We Won't Be Rushed Into A ‘Quick’ Nuclear Deal - Iran

Why We Won’t Be Rushed Into A ‘Quick’ Nuclear Deal – Iran

July 26, 2022 4:03 am

Iran on Monday announced that it will never allow itself to be rushed into a ‘quick’ deal reviving its faltering 2015 nuclear accord with world powers even as negotiations remain deadlocked at the moment.

‘They demand that Iran makes a quick decision, (insisting that) time is limited and Iran must respond quickly,’ foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani disclosed at his weekly news conference, referring to Western parties to the nuclear deal.

Kanani said the Islamic republic will ‘not sacrifice the country’s fundamental interests… with a rushed process’.

It was being put under “psychological pressure and unilateral expectations”, he said.

But …

Iran Attack Threat Israel Calls On Nationals To Leave Turkey

Iran Attack Threats: Israel Calls On Nationals To Leave Turkey

June 14, 2022 6:27 am

Israel’s Foreign Minister, Yair Lapid has advised citizens in Turkey to leave the country ‘as soon as possible’ over threats that Iranian operatives are actively planning attacks on Israelis in Istanbul. 

‘It’s a real and immediate danger,’ Lapid informed a meeting of lawmakers from his Yesh Atid party, citing ‘several Iranian attempts at carrying out terror attacks against Israelis on holiday in Istanbul’.

‘If you are already in Istanbul, return to Israel as soon as possible,’ Lapid said. ‘If you have planned a flight to Istanbul — cancel. No vacation is worth your life,’ he added.

‘Do not fly to …

US Calls On Iran To Release Seized Tankers, Crew

US Calls On Iran To Release Seized Tankers, Crew

May 31, 2022 4:24 am

The United States joined Athens yesterday condemned in strong terms, Iran’s seizure of two Greek-flagged oil tankers in Gulf waters while also demanding their immediate release, calling the abductions a ‘threat to maritime security.’

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias agreed in a call ‘that Iran must immediately release the seized vessels, their cargoes, and their crews,’ State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.

‘Iran’s continued harassment of vessels and interference with navigational rights and freedoms are a threat to maritime security and the global economy,’ Price added.

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Iran’s Sole Nuclear Power Plant Undergoes Emergency Shutdown

Iran’s Sole Nuclear Power Plant Undergoes Emergency Shutdown

June 21, 2021 2:33 am

Iran’s only nuclear power plant has been temporarily shut down over what was tagged a ‘technical overhaul’, Africa Daily News, New York reports.

An official from the state electric energy company, Gholamali Rakhshanimehr, said on a talk show that the Bushehr plant shutdown began on Saturday and would last ‘for three to four days’.

He added that power outages could result. However, he declined to elaborate further, but this is the first time Iran has reported an emergency shutdown of the plant, located in the southern port city of Bushehr.

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Iran Set To Resume Nuclear Talks In Vienna

Iran Set To Resume Nuclear Talks In Vienna

May 2, 2021 1:17 am

Parties involved in the Iran nuclear agreement are to resume Saturday the third round of negotiations in Vienna aimed at bringing the United States back into the accord.

The deal, which curbs Iran’s nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief, has been on life support since then US President Donald Trump bolted in 2018.

The remaining partners to the 2015 accord have been engaged in negotiations since early April to try to revive it.

The third round of talks started on Tuesday and, after several days of technical discussions between expert groups and delegations, will resume on Saturday.

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Iran Slams Sanctions On Trump, Pompeo, Other US Officials

Iran Slams Sanctions On Trump, Pompeo, Other US Officials

January 19, 2021 2:57 pm

Iran on Tuesday announced that it has imposed symbolic sanctions on outgoing US President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and several current and former members of the Trump administration.

In addition to Trump and Pompeo, Iran also sanctioned acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, CIA Director Gina Haspel, US Special Representative to Iran and Venezuela Elliot Abrams, and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) chief Andrea Gacki.

Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton, former US envoy for Iran Brian Hook, and former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper were also sanctioned.…

Iran Says it's Ready For Talks If U.S. Apologises Over Nuclear Pact

Iran Says UN Arms Embargo On Tehran Has Been Lifted

October 18, 2020 4:53 pm
Iran said a longstanding UN embargo on arms sales to and from the Islamic republic expired Sunday in line with a 2015 landmark nuclear deal with world powers from which Washington has withdrawn. 
Tehran, which could now purchase weapons from Russia, China and elsewhere, has hailed the development as a diplomatic victory over its arch enemy the United States, which had tried to maintain an indefinite freeze on arms sales.

“As of today, all restrictions on the transfer of arms, related activities and financial services to and from the Islamic Republic of Iran… are all automatically terminated,” the foreign ministry

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Navid Afkari - Iran Executes Wrestler Despite Global Outcry (1)

Navid Afkari: Iran Executes Wrestler Despite Global Outcry

September 12, 2020 1:06 pm

Iran has executed a wrestler accused of murder, state media report, defying international appeals for him to be spared.

Navid Afkari, 27, was sentenced to death over the murder of a security guard during a wave of anti-government protests in 2018.
He said he had been tortured into making a confession.

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A union representing 85,000 athletes worldwide was among those to call for a stay of execution.

The World Players Association said he had been “unjustly targeted” for taking part in the protests, and called for Iran’s expulsion from world …

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United Nations Rejects US Bid To Extend Iran Arms Embargo

August 15, 2020 9:29 am

The United Nations Security Council on Friday rejected a proposal by the United States that sought indefinite extension of an arms embargo on Iran.

Amb. Dian Djani, Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the UN and President of the council for August, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the council’s meeting on the issue.

Djani said China and Russia, two veto power holders in the 15-member council, voted against the US-sponsored resolution, while 11 countries, including the United Kingdom, France and Germany, abstained.

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“Only two countries, the U.S. …

Iran executes citizen Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd linked with CIA

Iran Executes Citizen Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd Linked With CIA

July 20, 2020 7:19 am
Iran executed on Monday an Iranian citizen, Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd, sentenced to death on charges of spying for the CIA and the Mossad.

He was arrested in October 2018 and sentenced to death in August 2019.

“Mahmoud Mousavi Majd’s sentence was carried out on Monday morning over the charge of espionage so that the case of his betrayal to his country will be closed forever,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website reported.

Mousavi-Majd, who left Iran with his family as a child and grew up in Syria, was never a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), “but he was able …

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