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Iran Threatens Maritime Safety If Its Oil Exports Are Brought to Zero

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Iran Threatens Maritime Safety If Its Oil Exports Are Brought to Zero

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani threatened the safety of international waterways, on Wednesday, if Iran’s oil exports are cut to zero.

By Jubin Katiraie

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani threatened the safety of international waterways, on Wednesday, if Iran’s oil exports are cut to zero.

During a meeting with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Rouhani said: “World powers know that in the case that oil is completely sanctioned and Iran’s oil exports are brought down to zero, international waterways can’t have the same security as before. So unilateral pressure against Iran can’t be to their advantage and won’t guarantee their security in the region and the world.”

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US Says Drone Shot Down by Iran-Backed Houthis

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US Says Drone Shot Down by Iran-Backed Houthis

US says drone shot down by Iran-backed Houthis

By Pooya Stone

US officials say that a US military MQ-9 drone was shot down over Dhamar governate, in Yemen, which is just southeast of the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa; the second incident of its kind this year.

One official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the drone was shot down late on Tuesday by a surface-to-air missile operated by the Iran-backed Houthis, confirming the statement of Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saria, but did not give any specifics. The official said that, whilst losing the armed military drone made by California-based General Atomics, was expensive, it was not unprecedented and the US would not have a major response.

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Macron to Talk With Iran Officials Before G7 Summit

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Macron to Talk With Iran Officials Before G7 Summit

Macron to talk with Iran officials before G7 summit

By Jubin Katiraie

French President Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to meet Iranian officials this weekend’s G7 summit to talk about how to reduce tensions between Washington and Tehran, he announced on August 21.

Donald Trump accused Macron of sending mixed signals to Iran, saying no one was allowed to speak to Iranian officials on behalf of the US.

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US Warns of Second Iran Oil Tanker Bound for Syria

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US Warns of Second Iran Oil Tanker Bound for Syria

Bonita Queen oil tanker

By Pooya Stone

The US has warned that Iran has sent a second oil tanker to Syria in clear defiance of US and EU sanctions.

Intelligence sources told Fox News that the Bonita Queen oil tanker was loaded with 600,000 barrels of crude oil near Iran’s Kharg Island on August 2. Shortly after that, the tanker was de-flagged by the country of St. Kitts and Nevis, fearing US sanctions.

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US Indicts a Man for Violating Iran Sanctions

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US Indicts a Man for Violating Iran Sanctions

US indicts a man for violating Iran sanctions

By Jubin Katiraie

Federal authorities in the US have accused a man of plotting to export metal-processing machines to Iran, a move that violated the US’s non-nuclear proliferation and terrorism sanctions.

According to the 21-count indictment unsealed Tuesday by federal prosecutors, Mehdi Hashemi, also known as Eddie Hashemi, is accused of taking part in a scheme to export computer numerical control machines, which are used to process raw materials, such as metals that could be used to create nuclear weapons, to precise standards. These machines are export-controlled to Iran for nuclear non-proliferation and anti-terrorism reasons.

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Family Access Restricted for British Aid Worker Jailed in Iran

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Family Access Restricted for British Aid Worker Jailed in Iran

Richard Ratcliffe

By Pooya Stone

The British charity worker wrongfully jailed in Iran is now having her access to her family restricted, according to her husband.

Richard Ratcliffe explained that new rules instituted by the Iranian authorities mean that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe can’t make international calls to him in London and is only allowed to see their five-year-old daughter, who is being looked after by her grandparents in Tehran, once a month.

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Pompeo Warns Against Iran’s Countdown to Terror

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Pompeo Warns Against Iran’s Countdown to Terror

Mike Pompeo, the United States Secretary of State

By Jubin Katiraie

Mike Pompeo, the United States Secretary of State, has cautioned against allowing an arms embargo on Iran to expire in October 2020, tweeting that it was like a “#CountdownToTerror”.

This push to extend the embargo is part of the US’s ongoing maximum pressure campaign against Iran, designed to change Iran’s behaviour and implemented after the US left the Iran nuclear deal in May 2018 and began reimposing sanctions.

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Iran Political Prisoner Calls out “Legal Corruption”

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Iran Political Prisoner Calls out “Legal Corruption”

Iranian political prisoners blogger, Soheil Arabi

By Pooya Stone

An Iranian political prisoner has written an open letter calling out what he described as “legitimate and legal corruption” at Tehran’s Evin Prison.

In the letter, written on August 15, jailed blogger Soheil Arabi said that new limitations on prisoners, especially restricting their contact with the outside world, have been enforced since the new head of Evin Prison took over.

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Iran Automaker CEO Fired and Arrested

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Iran Automaker CEO Fired and Arrested

Hashem Yekkeh Zare'e, The CEO of the Iran Khodro automaker

By Jubin Katiraie

The CEO of the Iran Khodro automaker was arrested in his office on Monday, hours are being fired.

It has not yet been announced why the Iranian authorities took these actions against Hashem Yekke Zare’e, who has led the company for the past seven years while also serving as the chair of Parsyan Bank’s board of directors, but it can be no coincidence that this move comes just days after accusations of large-scale corruption in Iran’s car industry.

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Suspicion Grows Over Corruption Case in Iran

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Suspicion Grows Over Corruption Case in Iran

Suspicion grows over corruption case in Iran

By Pooya Stone

With the prime suspect in a major alleged corruption case linked the Central Bank of Iran mysteriously missing, people are wondering if the country’s Intelligence Ministry is involved.

For the past two days, Iranian media outlets have been reporting that Salar Aqakhani (Aghakhani), the prime suspect in a case involving $160 million and €20 million, and three of his associates have left Iran. The Sharq newspaper wrote on Wednesday that Aqakhani left Iran for Iraq in late March after selling his assets.

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