The Iranian army yesterday announced its intention to carry out “major missile exercises” in the Gulf of Oman today.
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South Korea delegation heads to Iran to seek release of seized tanker
A South Korean delegation is heading to Iran on Wednesday to seek the release of a chemicals tanker and its 20-member crew seized in Gulf waters by Iranian forces, Yonhap news agency reported.
Hamas arrests Palestinian for taking down banner of Iran’s Soleimani in Gaza
The Palestinian militant group Hamas arrested on Thursday a man for tearing down a banner of slain Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani which was put up ahead of the first anniversary of his death by the group, according to a relative of the detainee.
Iran’s links to international organized crime and narco-terrorism
The secret of Iran’s intelligence “success” is its use of criminal organizations to kidnap exiled political activists and journalists around the world and transfer them to Iran for execution.
Court sentences Azerbaijani human rights activist
An Iranian court on Monday sentenced an activist to six years in prison for propaganda against the Syrian regime and membership to an opposition front, Anadolu reports.
Daughter of British-Iranian political prisoner sends plea to UK PM
The 6-year-old daughter of one of Iran’s most high-profile political prisoners has written a card to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking him to bring home her mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in time for Christmas.
New photo shows Iran’s Quds Force commander inside Syria
Iranian state television published on Wednesday, a picture of the commander of the Quds Force, General Ismail Ghaani, visiting the shrine of Sayyida Zainab on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus.
German-Iranian mother facing human rights abuse at hands of Iran
A German woman fighting to free her 66-year-old mother from an Iranian prison has pleaded with Germany to “end the human rights abuse” and intervene in the case.
Germany wants broader Iran nuclear deal
Germany said Friday that a new broader Iran nuclear accord must be reached to also rein in Tehran’s ballistic missile program, warning that the 2015 deal was no longer enough.
Khamenei’s military adviser to run in 2021 presidential elections
Brigadier-General Hussein Dehghan, Iran’s former defence minister and current military adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, is the first hopeful to confirm his intention to run in the presidential election slated for June, local media reported yesterday.
Iran moves nuclear centrifuges underground exceeds limit by 12 times
Iran has moved a cascade of advanced centrifuges from a nuclear plant and enrichment site to an underground facility, in what is the country’s latest breach of the nuclear deal agreed upon five years ago, the International Atomic Energy Agency has said.
