The United States has announced that it has concluded plans to ease export restrictions to improve Iranians’ access to the internet, which the Tehran government has severely gone against amid a crackdown on protesters.
In the aftermath of a woman’s death in the custody of the country’s morality police, Iran cut off internet services to much of the population in what the United States said was a bid ‘to prevent the world from watching its violent crackdown on peaceful protesters.’
‘In the face of these steps, we are going to help make sure the Iranian people are not kept isolated …
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The confrontation between arch foes Tehran and Washington has worsened since 2018, when U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with major powers and reimposed sanctions that have crippled Iran’s economy.
Iran has refused to hold any talks with the United States, which is trying to force Tehran
Iran has allowed some businesses in Tehran to reopen as the country’s daily death toll from the new coronavirus fell to 73, its lowest in more than a month.
So-called “low-risk businesses” including many shops, factories and warehouses resumed operations in the capital on Saturday, a week after reopening in the rest of the country, state television reported.
However, the move was welcomed with scepticism by some among the public who preferred to remain home leaving most shops in northern Tehran and the city centre empty.
Although compared with recent weeks there was greater activity in the streets, few people
Russia, on Wednesday, reacted to the death of 176 persons after Ukrainian Boeing-737 crashed near an airport in Iranian capital, Tehran.
The crash happened at a time when Iran was threatening to go to war with the United States, US, over the killing of General Qasem Soleimani.
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Reacting, the Kremlin on Wednesday reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin condoled with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani over the deaths of citizens.
Putin reportedly sent a telegram to Rouhani, expressing deep condolences over the deaths of citizens of Iran and to several …
