The Iranian authorities announced that their institutions export oil derivatives to several countries in Asia, Africa, and Europe, including Arab and Gulf countries.
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Iranian Dissident told she cannot have full back surgery recovery prior to prison term
Iranian authorities have told a female dissident recently sentenced to more than three years in prison that she will get only two months to recover from a needed back surgery before having to start her jail term.
Press-rights group urges Iran to release journalist jailed for BBC interview
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday called on Iran to release a journalist serving an 18-month sentence in a notorious Tehran prison for giving an interview to the BBC.
Iranian army denies vessel hit by navy friendly fire
The Iranian army on Wednesday denied a logistic vessel was hit by friendly navy fire during military drills in the Persian Gulf this weekend.
Iran’s continuing cyber-mischief during the coronavirus crisis
Iranian hackers and propaganda networks have been working overtime during the novel coronavirus pandemic. In the first week of May, Israel’s ClearSky cybersecurity reportedly discovered the attempted and possibly successful hack of American biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences
Pakistan says Iran forced 5000 of its nationals over border despite request to wait
Iran forced about 5,000 Pakistani nationals over the border into Balochistan, despite a plea by Islamabad to wait until quarantine facilities were ready to accommodate them, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Monday.
Iran Keeping up to 100 Baha’is in prisons under virus threat
An international organization representing Baha’is says it is extremely concerned about Iran’s ongoing detention of up to 100 Baha’is at risk of contracting the coronavirus in Iranian prisons.
Iran’s US-sanctioned banks operating freely in Germany
Without the assistance of Iran’s banks, it is difficult to imagine that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and it elite branch the Quds Force would have been capable of accruing such remarkable power
Prisoners killed by security forces during COVID-19 pandemic protests
Around 36 prisoners in Iran are feared to have been killed by security forces after the use of lethal force to control protests over COVID-19 safety fears, Amnesty International has learned.
Iran leader refuses US help
Iran’s supreme leader refused U.S. assistance Sunday to fight the new coronavirus, citing an unfounded conspiracy theory claiming the virus could be man-made by America.
Iran uses arrests censorship to silence critical coronavirus coverage
As coronavirus spreads in Iran, authorities have moved swiftly and aggressively to contain independent reporting about it by harassing, detaining and censoring journalists and social media users.
