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Iran’s secret weapons-smuggling air routes to Lebanon revealed by intel sources

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Iran’s secret weapons-smuggling air routes to Lebanon revealed by intel sources

Iran’s secret weapons-smuggling air routes to Lebanon revealed by intel sources

An Iranian civil aviation company is suspected of smuggling arms into Lebanon, destined for the militant group Hezbollah and Iranian weapons factories — and western intelligence sources said Monday they’ve uncovered the unexpected routes that Iran apparently took to try avoiding detection.

US claims on religious minorities’ rights in Iran biased: Bishop

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US claims on religious minorities’ rights in Iran biased: Bishop

US claims on religious minorities’ rights in Iran biased: Bishop

Head of the Armenian Diocese of Iran Bishop Sarkis Davidian says claims made by some US officials about the rights of religious minorities in the Islamic Republic and lack of freedom to perform their religious rituals are “biased and baseless.”

Brit mum Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ‘wishes temporary release from Iran jail had never happened’

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Brit mum Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ‘wishes temporary release from Iran jail had never happened’

Brit mum Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ‘wishes temporary release from Iran jail had never happened’

In an open letter to Iran’s foreign minister, the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe reveals she now has ‘numbness in her legs’ after suffering two panic attacks on her hasty return to jail

Rights Group Criticizes Sentences Given to Iranian Journalists

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Rights Group Criticizes Sentences Given to Iranian Journalists

Rights Group Criticizes Sentences Given to Iranian Journalists

A media rights group is condemning what it calls “harsh sentences” that Iranian authorities imposed on at least seven journalists.

UN agency says Iran continues to meet nuclear obligations

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UN agency says Iran continues to meet nuclear obligations

UN agency says Iran continues to meet nuclear obligations

In the quarterly report distributed to member states and seen by The Associated Press, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran has stayed with key limitations set in the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, which the United States withdrew from in May.

HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS SLAM IRAN FOR PRISON TERMS OF CHRISTIANS AND DERVISHES

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HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS SLAM IRAN FOR PRISON TERMS OF CHRISTIANS AND DERVISHES

HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS SLAM IRAN FOR PRISON TERMS OF CHRISTIANS AND DERVISHES

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch blasted the Islamic Republic of Iran for its sweeping violent crackdown on Christians and Dervishes, including imposing lengthy prison terms on the members of the religious minority groups.

Nikki Haley Warns That Iran Could Become ‘the Next North Korea’

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Nikki Haley Warns That Iran Could Become ‘the Next North Korea’

Nikki Haley Warns That Iran Could Become ‘the Next North Korea’ – U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Tuesday that she “never thought the Iran deal could be fixed.” Even so, the Trump administration spent months consulting with other countries on ways to improve the agreement …

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Tuesday that she “never thought the Iran deal could be fixed.” Even so, the Trump administration spent months consulting with other countries on ways to improve the agreement, before the United States withdrew from it entirely in May and reimposed sanctions on Iran. “You could change it to be a better deal, but you couldn’t change it to be a good deal,” she said during an appearance at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, D.C.

Tabriz University student Roya Saghiri was transferred to Tabriz Prison

Tabriz University student Roya Saghiri was transferred to Tabriz Prison

Tabriz University student Roya Saghiri was transferred to Tabriz Prison – Tabriz University student Roya Saghiri was transferred to Tabriz Prison on August 25, 2018, in to implement her 23-month prison sentence. She published the news of her conviction and imprisonment in Tabriz Prison on her Instagram page …

Tabriz University student Roya Saghiri was transferred to Tabriz Prison on August 25, 2018, in to implement her 23-month prison sentence. She published the news of her conviction and imprisonment in Tabriz Prison on her Instagram page.

Iran’s forgotten persecuted Christian minority

Iran’s forgotten persecuted Christian minority

Iran’s forgotten persecuted Christian minority – Iranian Christians are in dire straits in the Islamic Republic because of a new wave of regime repression …

Iranian Christians are in dire straits in the Islamic Republic because of a new wave of regime repression that has largely not registered in the media due to the country’s economic free fall and popular uprising by a people fed up with the tyrannical nature of the regime.

Intelligence Agents Raid Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Home, Taking Hair Pins as Evidence

Intelligence Agents Raid Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Home, Taking Hair Pins as Evidence  

Intelligence Agents Raid Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Home, Taking Hair Pins as Evidence – Iranian security agents raided the homes of detained human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, her sister-in-law, Fatemeh Khandan, and civil rights activist Mohammad Reza Farhadpour on August 18, 2018 …

Iranian security agents raided the homes of detained human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, her sister-in-law, Fatemeh Khandan, and civil rights activist Mohammad Reza Farhadpour on August 18, 2018.