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Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on December 07, 2019 25 Comments
Tehran may have killed more than 1,000 protesters during the deadly clampdown against anti-regime protests, the U.S. State Department said. "As the truth is trickling out of Iran, it appears the regime could have murdered over a thousand Iranian citizens since the protests began,” the U.S. Special Representative for Iran, Brian Hook, disclosed on Thursday.

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on December 06, 2019 5 Comments
Israel is set to present Iran's violation of the nuclear agreement to the United Nations Security Council later this month, the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs Israel Katz confirmed on Thursday. "Iran is developing missiles capable of carrying a nuclear payload while violating UN Security Council resolutions," he said.

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on December 01, 2019 23 Comments
Six European countries have joined the European payment mechanism which seeks to bypass U.S. sanctions against Iran. "Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden are in the process of becoming shareholders of the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (Instex)," the Government of Norway said in a statement on Friday.

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on November 28, 2019 10 Comments
Anti-regime protesters torched around 731 banks in nationwide unrest that began two weeks ago, Iran's top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei admitted. The demonstrations against the Shi'a Islamic regime started on November 15 after Tehran announced the rationing of gasoline and a sharp hike in fuel prices. Protesters also turned their anger at symbols of the regime, setting fire to banners and billboards depicting Ayatollah Khamenei and Islamic propaganda.

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on November 18, 2019 15 Comments
Anti-regime protests erupted across Iran after the regime imposed rationing of gasoline and hiked fuel prices. People took to streets in more than 100 cities, including the Iranian capital of Tehran. Iran's so-called Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei lashed out at the people on Sunday for protesting the three-fold fuel price rise, calling them "thugs" and "hooligans."

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on October 18, 2019 5 Comments
The Iranian economy could shrink by 9.5 percent in 2019 amid tighter U.S. sanctions, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts. The economic projection comes a month after President Donald Trump ordered the Treasury Department to "substantially increase" sanctions on Tehran.

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on September 29, 2019 6 Comments
Echoing the sentiments of Democrats, a top Iranian official has threatened to "catch" President Donald Trump and "put him on trial" for unspecified actions against Iran and others. The threat was made by Mohsen Rezaei, the former chief of the regime's military arm, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on July 23, 2019 10 Comments
The United State has imposed sanctions on a leading Chinese state-owned company for importing Iranian oil. The sanctions placed by the U.S. State Department bar Zhuhai Zhenrong Corporation, one of China's largest state-run oil companies, from "engaging in foreign exchange, banking or property transactions under US jurisdiction," London-based Financial Times reported.

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on July 02, 2019 21 Comments
As Iran breaches the limit on its enriched uranium stockpile set under the 2015 nuclear deal, European powers scramble to appease the regime. The European Union has started processing payments to Iran under a new trading mechanism, German media reports confirmed. While French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to rush to Tehran in an attempt to coax the regime into the Obama-era deal.

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on June 30, 2019 3 Comments

Iran tried to procure weapons technology to build up its nuclear program in 2018, Germany's federal intelligence service BfV disclosed in its annual report published on Thursday. The intelligence agency found "clear rise in evidence" that Tehran has been working to acquire technical capabilities to enhance its nuclear weapons delivery systems.

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on June 27, 2019 52 Comments
Iran will never build nuclear weapons because Islam forbids such a move, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said Tuesday. "It is us who, because of our religious views, will never pursue a nuclear weapon," Zarif remarked. The comments come as Iran speeds up its enrichment of uranium, bringing the Islamic Republic closer to building a nuclear bomb.

Posted by David Gerstman on June 26, 2019 15 Comments
In recent weeks, Iran has escalated its confrontation with the United States as well as its malign activities in the Middle East. Earlier this month Iranian operatives attacked two tankers in the Gulf Oman.

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on June 23, 2019 3 Comments
President Donald Trump is continuing with his policy of "maximum pressure" on Iran, promising "major" sanctions on the regime. "We're putting additional sanctions on [Iran]," he told reporters before leaving for the Camp David. His administration was "moving rapidly" towards rolling out new sanctions, he added.