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German Intel Report Says Iran Targets the MEK via Its Berlin Embassy

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German Intel Report Says Iran Targets the MEK via Its Berlin Embassy

Germany's intelligence agency Verfassungsschutz

By Jubin Katiraie

The German Intelligence Agency has revealed in its latest report that Iran’s Intelligence Ministry plotted assassinations of the Iranian opposition Mujahedin-e Khalq (People’s Mojahedin or MEK, PMOI) from the Iranian Embassy in Berlin.

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution of Germany (BfV) released its 2018 report on June 27, which revealed that Iran’s secret service was involved in the “bombing plot against the annual gathering of the PMOI in June 2018 in Villepinte near Paris”.

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Rouhani Praises Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

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Rouhani Praises Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, top center, reviews IRGC troops marching.

By Pooya Stone

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has praised the Revolutionary Guards for its downing of a US drone just over a week ago, claiming that this shows some sort of Iranian superiority.

He said: “We hit the drone with a system that is constructed in Iran, its missile is made by Iran, its radar is made by Iran, that is, we searched with our Iranian radar, we locked with Iranian radar, we targeted it with our Iranian missile … We kiss the hands of all those who created this domestic industry in the Ministry of Defence, the hands of all who used this tool well in the Revolutionary Guards.”

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Iran Breaches 2015 Nuclear Deal’s Stockpile Limit: Agencies

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Iran Breaches 2015 Nuclear Deal’s Stockpile Limit: Agencies
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and the head of Iran nuclear technology organisation Ali Akbar Salehi

By Jubin Katiraie

Iran has breached the limit of its enriched uranium stockpile set in a 2015 deal with major powers, two sources told Reuters on Monday, defying a warning by European co-signatories to stick to the deal despite sanctions by the United States.

“As we announced when we said our steps would continue, the stockpile has passed 300 kg,” one of the sources said.

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UNCTAD: Foreign Direct Investment in Iran Dropped by 28%

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UNCTAD: Foreign Direct Investment in Iran Dropped by 28%

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

By Pooya Stone

During the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) it was revealed that the Iranian economy’s attraction of foreign capital has decreased by 28% last year and has reached $4.1 billion.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is real investment by foreign companies in Iran in which those companies manage, control and own the related assets.

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Iranian Minority Rights Activist Sentenced to Long-Term Prison

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Iranian Minority Rights Activist Sentenced to Long-Term Prison
Kazem Safabakhsh An Iranian Azeri activist arrested last year has been sentenced to 13 years in prison by an Iranian court.

By Jubin Katiraie

An Iranian Azeri activist arrested last year has been sentenced to 13 years in prison by an Iranian court.

Security forces arrested Kazem Safabakhsh during a soccer match between Perspolis and Tractor Sazi last November. On Monday, the 28th branch of the revolutionary court in Tehran sentenced him to 13 years in prison.

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11 Arrested for Walking Dogs in Public in Iran

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11 Arrested for Walking Dogs in Public in Iran
An Iranian woman walks her dogs in Tehran

By Pooya Stone

On Wednesday, June 26, Haji Reza Shakarami, the provincial attorney general of Alborz Province, north of Iran, reported the arrest of 11 citizens who walked their dogs in public in the city of Karaj.

The arrests took place despite the fact that last Sunday the attorney-general himself had separately stated that walking leashed dogs in public was not a crime, the state-run Tasnim news agency reported.

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Iranian Political Prisoner on Hunger Strike Issues Open Letter, Boycotts Regime

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Iranian Political Prisoner on Hunger Strike Issues Open Letter, Boycotts Regime
Iranian political prisoner Soheil Arabi

By Jubin Katiraie

Iranian political prisoner Soheil Arabi has released an open letter from jail about his hunger strike titled: “Boycotting the state from inside the prison.”

Arabi is a social activist who has been in prison under a seven-year sentence since 2013 and is currently in the prison of Greater Tehran (Fashafouyeh). In his letter, published on June 27, 2019, Arabi described his hunger strike as a “new move and a sanction” against the regime.

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Australia Open to Military Conflict Against Iran

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Australia Open to Military Conflict Against Iran
Donald Trump and Scott Morrison meeting ahead of the G20

By Pooya Stone

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that he would “seriously” consider any request from the US regarding military action in Iran “on its merits”, but stressed that no request has so far been made.

However, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has asked Australia to take part in a new “global coalition” against Iran to help protect key shipping lanes in the Gulf after several acts of aggression by Iran, including multiple tanker attacks and the downing of a US drone.

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Iran-German Trade Drops 50%

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Iran-German Trade Drops 50%

Iran-German trade

By Jubin Katiraie

Trade between Iran and Germany has seen a marked decline thanks to US sanctions, according to data from the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK).

The data showed that trade between Iran and Germany had dropped 49% in the first four months of 2019, compared with the same period last year, with volumes continuing to decline. Now, the majority of Iranian exports to Germany are pistachios, carpets and a limited amount of steel and fuels.

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Sanctions to Come on Iran’s FM

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Sanctions to Come on Iran’s FM
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif

By Pooya Stone

In the coming days, the US will impose sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, according to an announcement made by US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin this week.

This speech on Monday coincides with the US’s leveraging of sanctions against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and eight senior commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). These sanctions target individuals that the US says are responsible for Iran’s malign behaviours, including several attacks on oil tankers and the downing of a US drone.

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