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Iran: $194.60 per Barrel of Oil Needed to Balance the Budget Next Year

Iran oil crisis

By Jubin Katiraie

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday came out with its breakeven analysis for crude prices and Iran. The global organization cited that sanctions on Iran have weighed such that Iran would need oil prices rallying to $194.60 to balance its budget next year. 

Defiant Iran Faces Condemnation of Its Human Rights Record on Several Fronts

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Iran Human rights

By Pooya Stone

On Thursday, the Iranian government came under renewed pressure from human rights advocates after authorities announced that they had carried out a sentence of amputation on a prisoner convicted of multiple counts of theft.

Iran Farmers’ Protests Over Water Rights

Iranian farmers

By Jubin Katiraie

Iranian farmers in the Kharsagan district of Isfahan gathered on Saturday to protest a plan by officials and insiders to transfer water from the local Zayandeh Rud River to their steel mill and factory.

Iran’s Government Raids Mixed-Gender Parties

Iranian police

By Jubin Katiraie

Police in Iran arrested 52 people during a raid on a mixed-gender party in the north-eastern city of Mashhad, according to the state-run ROKNA news agency.

Iran Extreme Poverty: Wealth Is in the Hands of 10 Percent of Society

Iran poverty

By Pooya Stone

The spread of poverty among the people in Iran is a topic that is frequently discussed by the media and government experts. The catastrophe of poverty is so bad, that poor people are now posting ads about their needs, including the need for food.

Iran: The Paper Mafia and Schoolbooks Black Market

School books

By Pooya Stone

Instead of answering the question of why students were left without a book for 20 days at the start of the school year, Ahmadreza Amini, the Director-General of Supervision and Distribution of Educational Materials in Iran, first outlined the process of textbook printing, and finally cited several factors, while hiding the main cause of this situation which is corruption by Iranian officials.

Iran’s Lies About the FATF

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FATF-Iran

By Pooya Stone

Iran’s Vice President Es’hagh Jahangiri recently claimed that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei agreed to all outstanding resolutions of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) over Iran’s financial transactions and demanded the ratification of the two FATF bills still being held up in Iran’s Guardian Council and Expediency Council.

MOIS Refusing to Allow Hospital Care for Political Prisoner

 Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian

By Jubin Katiraie

Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) is preventing Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian from being released for medical treatment, even though her family has paid a bail bond.

Ohio Man Sentenced for Exporting Controlled Parts to Iran in Violation of Sanctions

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Iran trade sanctions case

By Pooya Stone

A man from Ohio was sentenced to 20 months in prison yesterday by the US District Court for exporting gas and oil pipeline parts to Iran for over ten years in a deliberate violation of US embargo and trade sanctions that have been in place since 1995.

Iran Continues to Execute Children

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Execution of juveniles in Iran

By Pooya Stone

Javaid Rehman says 7 minors were put to death last year and 2 so far this year; killings come despite human rights law prohibiting the death penalty for anyone under the age of 18