US Sanctions Iranians and Chinese Over Tehran’s Ballistic Missiles
US sanctions 7 individuals & 6 entities in Iran, China, & Hong Kong over Iranian ballistic missile program, on day Tehran unveils Fattah hypersonic missile.
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UPDATE: Iran Protests — The Regime’s Punishment of University Students and Professors
Women students at Al-Zahra University in Tehran stage a sit-in protest, October 2022 UPDATES: Iran...
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US and UK Navies Prevent Iran Seizure of Merchant Ship
The US and UK navies have prevented Iran’s seizure of another merchant ship in the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world’s oil passes.
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UPDATE: Iran Exchanges 4 Foreign Political Prisoners for Its Diplomat Convicted In Bomb Plot
Iran has freed another three imprisoned foreign and dual nationals in return for Belgium’s release of Iranian diplomat, convicted over his supervision of a plot to bomb a rally in Paris
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UPDATE: US Sanctions Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Over Overseas Assassination Plots
US sanctions members and affiliates of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps over plots v. ex-US government officials, US-Iran nationals, and Iranian dissidents
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UPDATES: Iran Protests — Regime Executes 3 More Demonstrators
Iran’s regime executes 3 more protesters, bringing the total to seven during the eight-month nationwide rallies for rights, justice, and gender equality.
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Iran Regime’s Message to Women Journalists: “You Will Be Killed”
Journalists Niloofar Hamedi (L) and Elaheh Mohammadi, detained and facing long-term prison...
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3 Killed in Border Clash as Iran Regime and Taliban Squabble Over Water Rights
As tension rises between Iran’s regime and Afghanistan’s Taliban, 2 Iranian border guards and Taliban fighter are killed in shooting near a border post.
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UPDATE: Senior Iran Regime Official Shamkhani Is Dismissed
Iran’s regime dismisses long-time Secretary of the National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, amid protracted in-fighting and political maneuvers in Tehran.
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Iran Protests: 100s of Students Face Suspension from University in Tehran
Al-Zahra University in Tehran threatens the suspension of hundreds of students over Iran regime’s compulsory hijab for women, as protests enter 9th month.
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UPDATES: Iran Regime — Without Compulsory Hijab, Islamic Republic Would Collapse
Iran Vice President Mohammad Dehghan says that without the “symbol” of compulsory hijab for women, the Islamic Republic “would not have much of a meaning”.
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A Turkey-Iran-Russia Meeting in Moscow with the Assad Regime
Foreign ministers of Turkey, Russia, and Iran meet Assad regime counterpart, in highest-level talks among the quartet since Syria’s uprising of March 2011.
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Iran Executes Swedish National
Iran executes Swedish-Iranian dual national Habib Farajollah Chaab, convicted over his alleged role in the 2018 bombing of a military parade that killed 29.
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UPDATE: The High-Level UK Spy Inside Iran’s Regime
Multiple officials detailed work for UK intelligence by former Iran Deputy Defense Minister Alireza Akbari, executed in January on espionage charges.
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Iran’s Raisi Visits Syria’s Assad
In the first visit by an Iranian President to Syria since the start of the 2011 uprising, Ebrahim Raisi has met Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.
Read More UPDATES: Iran Protests — Officials Issue New Threats Over Hijab
Iran’s authorities declare large fines, revocation of driver’s licenses and passports, and no entry to the Tehran metro for women who are not wearing hijab.
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UPDATE: Iran Seizes US-Bound Oil Tanker
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard seize oil tanker Advantage Sweet, sailing from Kuwait to Houston, Texas, in international waters in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday.
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UPDATE: Flogging, Electric Shocks, and Sexual Violence for Iran’s Detained Minors
Amnesty International: Iran’s forces commit beatings, floggings, electric shocks, rape, & other sexual violence against detained minors as young as 12.
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Iran Regime Blocked Nuclear Deal in 2021 — Sources
Iran’s regime blocked the imminent renewal of the nuclear deal with the 5+1 Powers in summer 2021, as President Ebrahim Raisi gave way to hardliners.
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UPDATE: US Sanctions Iran Firms Over Drones To Russia
US imposes sanctions on Iranian companies providing drones to Russia for its faltering invasion of Ukraine, as Moscow turns to “unreliable countries”.
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Iran Sentences 10 Troops Over 2020 Shootdown of Ukraine Passenger Jet
Amid its changing narrative, Iran regime finally punishes 10 troops over January 8, 2020 downing of Ukrainian civilian jet that killed 176 passengers & crew
Read More 4-Year Sentence for California Woman in Iran Plot to Kidnap Journalist Masih Alinejad
Niloufar Bahadorifar sentenced to 4 years in prison after providing financial support for foiled Iranian plot to kidnap journalist/activist Masih Alinejad
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UPDATE: Iran and Saudi Arabia Restore Relations After 7+ Years
In meeting in China, Iran and Saudi Arabia restore diplomatic relations, broken in early 2016, with reopening of embassies and restoration of flights.
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UPDATES: Iran Protests — Regime Plans “Large Fines” For Women Who Do Not Wear Hijab
Demonstrators in Kurdish areas & in cities across Iran challenge Supreme Leader’s declaration that protest for rights, justice, and gender equality are over
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UPDATE: US Retaliates After Iranian Drone Kills 1 American, Wounds 6 in Syria
US warplanes strike Iran-backed militia in NE Syria, after an Iranian-made drone kills contractor and wounds 5 troops and 1 contractor in attack on US base.
Read More Don’t Believe The Hype: Illusion and Reality of the Iran-Saudi Diplomatic Agreement
Iran and Saudi short-term interests converged in a high-profile agreement in China — but this is not the basis of a long-term strategic “alliance”.
Read More UN Special Rapporteur: Iran Regime’s Violations of Human Rights Are “Crime Against Humanity”
UN Special Rapporteur on Iran reports that regime’s violations of human rights — including violence to quell protests — are a “crime against humanity”.
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UPDATES: Iran Protests — Demonstrators on Streets for Festival of Fire
Demonstrators revive Iran’s 6-month protests during Chaharshanbeh Suri, Persian festival of fire, with rallies across country in support of women’s rights.
Read More UPDATES: Iran Protests — A Women’s Bill of Rights
Iranian rights activists publish “Women’s Bill of Rights” as basis of new constitution enshrining equality and diversity of sexuality, gender, and ethnicity
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US Sanctions “Shadow Banking Network” Assisting Iran Regime
Trying to limit Iran’s access to the global financial system, US sanctions 39 entities, including many based in UAE and Hong Kong and two Turkish firms.
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