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May 06, 2020
Rouhani Threatens JCPOA Partners With 'Historic Defeat' If Arms Embargo Extended

President Hassan Rouhani responding to the United States has said extending the UN Security Council's arms embargo against Iran will have "serious consequences."
May 06, 2020
Iran Officials Promise More Leniency Toward Workers But Persecution Continues

Iran's Judiciary Spokesman on May 5 said they have advised authorities to deal with labor protests leniently while new charges of "propaganda against the regime" were brought against a prominent jailed labor activist.
May 06, 2020
Israel Not To Stop Operations Until Iran Driven Out Of Syria, Defense Minister Says

Speaking to the state-owned Kan 11 news channel on May 5 following airstrikes in the north of Syria that killed at least 14 fighters, Israeli Defence Minister Naftali Bennett said Israel will keep up its operations in Syria until Iran is driven out.
May 06, 2020
Pompeo Pledges To Use 'Every Tool' To Maintain Arms Embargo On Iran

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that every tool will be used to prevent the Islamic Republic from procuring more arms.
May 06, 2020
Facebook Dismantles IRIB-Linked Disinformation Campaign

The social network Facebook has announced that it has taken down over five hundred Facebook assets that were linked to an IRIB disinformation campaign.
May 06, 2020
Iran Agency Forbidden To Release Number Of Deaths Amid Coronavirus Controversy

A spokesman for Civil Registration Organization of Iran (NOCRI) says the agency will not disclose the country's death toll for the winter of 2020 at the request of the National Headquarters to Fight Coronavirus.
May 05, 2020
Pressure Increases On Prominent Rights Defender In Iran Prison

The Islamic Republic intelligence agents have tightened restrictions on a prominent Iranian human rights advocate as she begins her sixth year in prison.
May 05, 2020
Ex-Judges Join Lawyers In Rejecting Move To Dismantle Iran Bar Association

In an open letter published on Monday 180 former judges have called on to the Chief Justice Ebrahim Raisi to put a stop to the "illegal interference" of the Legal Deputy of the Judiciary in the affairs of the Iranian Bar Association.
May 05, 2020
Iran Judiciary Accuses Detained Students Of Terrorist Affiliations

The Spokesman of Iran's Judiciary on May 5 accused two recently detained university students of being affiliated to the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK) which is designated as a terrorist organization by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
May 05, 2020
A Large Majority Of US House Members Call For Extension Of Iran Arms Embargo

A large majority of U.S. legislators on both sides of the aisle called on President Donald Trump's administration on Monday, May 4, to push for an extension of a United Nations arms embargo on Iran.
May 04, 2020
Iran Official Says Five Military Personnel Are In Jail Abroad, Blames The US

An Iranian lawmaker has quoted a deputy defense minister as saying that more than 30 Iranians "active in military affairs" have been in jail outside Iran, but currently there are five individuals in prison.
May 04, 2020
Iran Officials Make Conflicting Remarks On Consequences Of Extending Arms Embargo

While the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman has said that nothing will be left of the 2015 nuclear deal if the UN security Council extends the arms embargo against Iran beyond October 2020, Presidential Spokesman, Ali Rabiei, says Iran is not planning to withdraw from the nuclear deal.
May 04, 2020
Iran Parliament Approves Bill To Change Currency, Slash Four Zeros

The Iranian Parliament on May 4 voted for the details of a government monetary reform bill which will change the country's currency name and drop four zeros from the current currency in use.
May 04, 2020
The Ten Million Dollar Hezbollah Sheikh, 'Wanted'

Last month the United States offered a prize for providing "any information on the activities, networks and colleagues" of a senior Lebanese Hezbollah official. Who is he?
May 04, 2020
Spokesman Says Iran Still Prepared For Prisoner Exchange With US, Europe

The Spokesman of Iran's Foreign Ministry on May 4 said Iran is still prepared for prisoner exchange with the United States and European countries.
May 04, 2020
Former Tehran Mayor Pays $650 Thousand Compensation For Killing His Wife

The former mayor of Tehran, Mohammad Ali Najafi, who is being held in prison for the murder of his second wife said he has paid 100 billion rials (roughly $650,000) to the victim's immediate relatives and acquired their forgiveness.
May 03, 2020
Iran Statistical Center Claims Unemployment Dipped Last Year

The Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) claims that the unemployment rate in 2019 decreased by about 1.5 percent compared with 2018 and went down to 10.7 percent.
May 03, 2020
More Than 12,000 Lawyers In Iran Reject Move To Dismantle Bar Association

More than 12,000 Iranian lawyers have protested to a draft bill that undermines their independence and in effect replaces the Iranian Bar Association with a group of judiciary officials appointed by the government.
May 03, 2020
Iran Guards Announce Cancellation Of Qods Day March Amid Pandemic

The Islamic revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has cancelled the annual Qods (Quds) day marches and gathering because of the coronavirus pandemic raging in Iran.
May 03, 2020
Iran Dissident Who Demanded Khamenei's Resignation Attempts Suicide In Jail

A prominent dissident jailed in Iran attempted suicide in prison to protest the situation of political prisoners and possibly the harassment of his family by security and intelligence organs.

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