According to the latest figures released by Russia’s Federal Customs Service (FTS) it exported $692 million worth of goods to Iran from January to May, which indicates a 31 percent growth in comparison with the same period last year.
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Esper again says Iran is a ‘rogue state’
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper again described North Korea and Iran as “rogue states” that conduct aggressive activities.
Austrian MPs want Iran-backed Hezbollah banned within European Union
Political representatives from the coalition parties governing Austria in the country’s parliament introduced on Friday a resolution urging the European Union to reassess Hezbollah’s entire organization as a terrorist movement.
Leader of terror organization Hamas thanks Iran for support and will follow Iranian orders to attack Israel
On the occasion of the International Day of Jerusalem (Quds Day), which falls on the last Friday of Ramadan, Haniyeh, in a speech, thanked Iran, saying: “We thank Iran for its continuous support for the steadfastness of the Palestinian people.”
Iran’s Khorramshahr missile is a copy of a copy
The Khorramshahr missile is classic Iran—vintage Soviet technology adapted by another country, and then again upgraded and tweaked by Iran. This makes the Khorramshahr a copy… of a copy. North Korea has been a steadfast exporter of weapons to Iran and that is where Tehran first got its hands on the adapted Soviet missile.
Iranian female swimmer may be in trouble for communicating with other athletes around the world
Several Iranian swimmers recently teamed up to make a video clip, using quarantines, coronavirus and a love of swimming as their theme. And yet the only part of the video that an outlet like Iran’s Young Journalists’ Club, a new agency, could focus on was the fact that the video included some women who were not wearing Islamic headscarves.
A Technical and Policy Note on Iran’s Recent Uranium Enrichment Capacity Claims
On April 8, 2020, one day before Iran’s Nuclear Technology Day, a spokesperson for the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) announced that Iran could produce 60 “advanced” centrifuges a day, with the goal to reach an enrichment capacity of 250,000 separative work units (swu) per year, ultimately one million swu per year.
Iran’s Mahan Air banned from Spanish airports
A report in CH Aviation suggests the revocation of landing rights follows a campaign by the US Government to isolate Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
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
Pompeo says sanctions are not preventing humanitarian assistance to Iran
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said at a Wednesday White House news conference that US sanctions had not prevented humanitarian assistance from reaching Iran.
Iran regime accused Israel of sorcery and consorting with genies
Iran is still peddling its usual poison around the globe, meaning that it’s basically another day ending in a “Y” in that regard. One continuing and highly disturbing trend that keeps showing up is the regime’s tendency to spread misinformation and lies about the coronavirus pandemic that’s been hitting the people of Iran in one of the worst hotspots on the globe.
