ABU DHABI, 28th February, 2025 (WAM) — The inaugural session of political consultations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran took place on Friday,…
Category: 1. Iran
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Azeri Activists Stuffed in Jail in Apparent Crackdown
February 24, 2025
Iran has jailed at least two dozen Azeri minority activists since October, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported February 16, adding that Iranian authorities did not present any real evidence against them when it…
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Iran Student Numbers in US Rising Again
February 24, 2025
The number of Iranian students in US universities climbed again last year but is still not quite back to its record in the 2017-18 academic year.
The Institute of International Education has…
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Wagenknecht Misses Cutoff to Get Seats in German Parliament
February 24, 2025
The German left-populist Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) is considering legal action after narrowly failing to enter Germany’s parliament in Sunday’s national election.
Party leader Sahra Wagenknecht announced…
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US designats16 entities, vessels for involvement in Iran's petroleum, petrochemical industry
NEW YORK, 24th February, 2025 (WAM) – The U.S. Department of State today designated16 entities and vessels for their involvement in Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical industry.
Tammy Bruce, Department Spokesperson, said the Department of State and…
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US designates 16 entities, vessels for involvement in Iran's petroleum, petrochemical industry
NEW YORK, 24th February, 2025 (WAM) – The U.S. Department of State today designated16 entities and vessels for their involvement in Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical industry.
Tammy Bruce, Department Spokesperson, said the Department of State and…
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Iran’s Wealth Flees Country Via Cryptocurrency
February 23, 2025
The desire of Iranians to get their wealth out of Iran caused a major spike in cryptocurrency activity last year, as wealthy Iranians bought up crypto coins to try to protect their wealth and move it somewhere…
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Iranian Refugee in Canada has Disappeared, Leaving no Trace
A father, Parviz, in Tehran just before she left to live in Canada almost twon years ago. She was last seen in Ontario January 4. An Iranian-Canadian woman, 26-year-old Shilan Shahbazian, has not been seen since January 4 and…
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Sweden Says Iran Cleric is Spy
February 21, 2025
Sweden’s government has accused a Shiite Muslim mosque in Stockholm and its Iranian Imam of being a platform for Iranian spying against Sweden and the Iranian diaspora living in Sweden. The Imam, Mohsen…
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Satrapi Awarded French Legion of Honor
February 21, 2025
French-Iranian author Marjane Satrapi, best known for her book and film Persepolis, has refused France’s Legion d’honneur award to protest the country’s “hypocrisy” in dealing with Iran. In a letter to…
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