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US confiscates four Iranian oil tankers, cargo on way to Venezuela

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The United States confiscated tankers allegedly consisting of Iranian fuel in violation of sanctions, reported The Wall Street Journal on Thursday, citing U.S. officials. U.S. federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture complaint to confiscate four tankers at sea—Luna, Pandi, Bering and Bella—consisting...
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Iran executes former defense staffer accused of selling secrets to CIA

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The Iranian judiciary announced on Tuesday that it had executed a former defense ministry staffer who sold information to the CIA, reported Reuters. According to the report, based on Iranian news sources, judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili...
U.S. President Donald Trump carries an umbrella as he walks from Marine One to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on June 20, 2020, en route to Tulsa, Okla. Credit: Tia Dufour/The White House.

Iran issues arrest warrant for Donald Trump, US calls it ‘propaganda stunt’

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Iran has issued an arrest warrant for U.S. President Donald Trump and dozens of others it has accused of being behind the U.S. drone strike that eliminated Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Jan....
Alireza Tangsiri, naval commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Credit: Iran Press.

Iranian Navy seeking to establish base in Gulf of Oman, entry to Indian Ocean

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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is attempting to establish a new permanent base in the Gulf of Oman and the entry to the Indian Ocean, said its top admiral on Monday. Alireza Tangsiri told the...
U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton speaks at a press conference in the David's Citadel Hotel in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2019. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Bolton’s temper tantrum

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Former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton’s critics routinely refer to him as a neoconservative. But they are wrong. Bolton was never part of the neoconservative clique of Bush administration officials. Neoconservatives are messianists and...
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Credit: Flickr.

Top foreign-policy adviser says Biden would keep ‘all’ US sanctions on Iran ‘in place’

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If elected president in November, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden would have all U.S. sanctions on Iran stay in place, including the ones enacted under U.S. President Donald Trump, according to the presumptive...

US sanctions two shipping entities for working with Iran

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The United States has sanctioned two shipping entities for allegedly doing business with Iran, announced the U.S. State Department on Monday. Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and its Shanghai-based subsidiary, E-Sail Shipping Company...

Iran to execute alleged US-Israel spy

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Iran announced on Tuesday that it will execute a suspected spy for the U.S. and Israel who relayed to those nations information regarding the location of former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Gen. Qassem...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani casting his vote in the 2016 elections. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Ignoring US warning, first Iranian fuel tanker arrives in Venezuelan waters

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Despite U.S. warnings, the first of five Iranian tankers loaded with fuel arrived in Venezuelan waters on Saturday. “The ships from the fraternal Islamic Republic of Iran are now in our exclusive economic zone,” tweeted...
An exchange of Iran's currency the rial. This week Iranian lawmakers approved a measure to switch from the rial to the toman, in a bid to curb inflation. Source: Adam Jones via Flickr.

Hit by coronavirus, drop in oil prices and US sanctions, Iran’s economy heads for...

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With the coronavirus pandemic sending oil prices to record low figures, for Iran, which relies on oil exports as its top revenue source, the economic situation appears bleak. Reflecting the precarious economic situation, Iran’s parliament...