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Spotlight on sanctions in Iran presidential campaign

June 25, 2024 admin

Massoud Pezeshkian. | Photo Credit: AFP Iranians broadly deplore Western sanctions that have battered the economy, but the country’s six presidential candidates offer differing solutions — assuming the winner gets a say on foreign policy. With the June 28 snap election fast approaching, debates between the candidates vying for Iran’s second-highest office have featured a…

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After US, Now Canada Puts Iran’s Revolutionary Guards On Terror List

June 20, 2024 admin

“The elite force is a sovereign institution responsible for safeguarding national security.” – Tehran Dubai: Iran condemned Canada’s listing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization as “an unwise and unconventional politically-motivated step,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani was quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars news agency on Thursday. “Canada’s action…

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Iran condemns Canada’s listing of Revolutionary Guards as terrorist group

June 20, 2024 admin

File picture of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) force attending a rally in Tehran, Iran | Photo Credit: via Reuters Iran condemned Canada’s listing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation as “an unwise and unconventional politically-motivated step,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani was quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars news…

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Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi sentenced to another year in prison

June 19, 2024 admin

Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Narges Mohammadi | Photo Credit: VIA REUTERS Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Narges Mohammadi, has been sentenced to another year in prison over her activism, her lawyer said Wednesday. Mostafa Nili, Mohammadi’s lawyer, said that his client was convicted on a charge of making propaganda against the system….

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Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for June 28 presidential election

June 2, 2024 admin

Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to the media as he leaves at the conclusion of a press briefing beside portraits of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, top right, and the late President Ebrahim Raisi after registering his name as a candidate for the June 28 presidential election at the Interior Ministry, in…

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Iran summons Sweden’s charge d’affaires over ‘baseless’ accusations, IRNA reports

June 2, 2024 admin

Iran has summoned Sweden’s charge d’affaires in Tehran over “baseless and biased” accusations made by a Swedish official, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on June 1. Sweden’s security service said on Thursday that the Iranian government had been using criminal networks within Sweden to carry out violent acts against other states, groups and individuals….

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Iran’s acting President addresses new Parliament after helicopter crash killing President, others

May 27, 2024 admin

Iran’s acting President Mohammad Mokhber addresses during the opening ceremony of a new parliament term, in Tehran, Iran, on May 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Iran’s acting President Mohammad Mokhber addressed the country’s new parliament on May 27 in his first public speech since last week’s helicopter crash that killed his predecessor and seven…

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Iran releases Probe Report on President Ebrahim Raisi’s Helicopter Crash

May 24, 2024 admin

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister was crashed on May 19. Tehran: The General Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces has released the first report on the causes of a recent helicopter crash that resulted in the deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage. Following the crash, a senior…

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