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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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Victims of Iran’s 1988 Massacre Call for Justice

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Victims of Iran’s 1988 Massacre Call for Justice

In the 1980s, the Iranian authorities arrested the parents of human rights activist Ehsan Qaraee and, following a fatwa by then-supreme leader Ruhollah Khomeini, murdered his father.

By Jubin Katiraie

In the 1980s, the Iranian authorities arrested the parents of human rights activist Ehsan Qaraee and, following a fatwa by then-supreme leader Ruhollah Khomeini, murdered his father.

Qaraee is now raising awareness of the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners, which Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have branded “crimes against humanity”, in order to get justice.

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UN Blasts Iran for Imprisonment of Dual Nationals and Human Rights Defenders

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UN Blasts Iran for Imprisonment of Dual Nationals and Human Rights Defenders
Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran

By Pooya Stone

Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, has said that there are increased restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression, liberty, and a fair trial in Iran, in a report entitled Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was circulated to the UN General Assembly on August 16.

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FIFA Sets Deadline to End Iran’s Ban on Women in Sports Stadiums

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FIFA Sets Deadline to End Iran’s Ban on Women in Sports Stadiums

For decades, Iranian women have been banned from entering sports stadiums because of the mullahs’ sexist laws, which have turned them into a key and visible battleground for the women of Iran against the misogynist mullahs.

By Jubin Katiraie

For decades, Iranian women have been banned from entering sports stadiums because of the mullahs’ sexist laws, which have turned them into a key and visible battleground for the women of Iran against the misogynist mullahs.

Now, the World Football Federation (FIFA) has given the Iranian Federation until August 31 to determine whether women are to be allowed into sports stadiums. Dariush Mostafavi, head of the Football Federation’s Professional Licensing Appeals Committee, said that FIFA is “serious” that women should be able to enter sports stadiums in league games. This violation of FIFA’s non-discrimination principle could mean that the Iranian Federation is suspended and expelled from FIFA.

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‘Reformist’ Iran Politician Says Regime at a Dead End

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‘Reformist’ Iran Politician Says Regime at a Dead End

Sadegh Zibakalam, A supposedly “reformist” political analyst said in Iran said that the ‘regime’ is at complete political dead end because the Iranian people “no longer cared about reformists and principlists”.

By Pooya Stone

A supposedly “reformist” political analyst said in Iran said that the ‘regime’ is at complete political dead end because the Iranian people “no longer cared about reformists and principlists”.

Sadegh Zibakalam, who was speaking on Tuesday at an event covered by the state-run IRNA News Agency, cited a chant denouncing both regime factions that became widespread at the start of the nationwide anti-government protests in December 2017 and told the crowd he was not at all happy about this outcome.

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