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Month: August 2019
Iran unveils a long range air defense system
For the second time in three years Iran unveiled an anti-aircraft missile system on Thursday, said to be produced to replace Russian-supplied S-300
Poster of Hezbollah commander with Ruhollah Khomeini in Nabatieh town
A poster depicting the late Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh in a Nabatieh town with the hashtag “our father in heaven” sparked controversy and led the Catholic Information Center to complain to Hezbollah’s leadership
U.S. indicts a man for violating Iran sanctions
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
Pompeo warns against Iranian countdown to terror
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
U.S. warns of second Iran oil tanker bound for Syria
The US has warned that Iran has sent a second oil tanker to Syria in clear defiance of US and EU sanctions
U.S. launches countdown clock to warn of Russia and China arming Iran
Western allies have 15 months to unify against Iran before the regime is free to buy and sell weapons under the 2015 nuclear deal, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Mobarakeh Steel owns shares in MMDIC
Iran’s largest steel producer, Mobarakeh Steel Co or MSC, has bought a further 16.1% stake in Mines and Metals Development Investment Co or MMDIC from a semi-governmental retirement fund, local media reported Friday
Political prisoner Arash Sadeghi denied hospitalization despite loss of arm motion
Political prisoner Arash Sadeghi’s loss of motion in his right arm hasn’t persuaded the authorities of Evin Prison to allow him to receive proper medical treatment in a hospital outside the prison, his wife Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi
Students in Iran condemn harsh sentences against their peers
Hundreds of Tehran University students have protested recent harsh verdicts issued against their fellow students arrested during protests in early 2018
Iran labor activist sentenced to 7 years and 74 lashes
A female Iranian labor activist has been sentenced to seven years in prison and 74 lashes after her trial at the Revolutionary Court in Tehran on August 6
