LAST UPDATE: 12:48 The US government yesterday reinstated the exceptions to the sanctions it has imposed on Iran for its nuclear program for peaceful purposes, while the negotiations for the rescue of the 2015 agreement on the Iranian nuclear program are in the final stages. Under these exceptions, Russian, European and Chinese companies could engage […]
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Iran: Exiled opposition launches cyber attack on state television and radio
A group of Iranian exiled opposition figures said its supporters launched a cyber-attack on Iranian state television and radio stations and broadcast slogans and criticisms of the Tehran government for a few seconds. State television confirmed that it had been attacked for 10 seconds and that an investigation was under way. According to images posted […]
Iran-Nuclear Program: Blinken Says ‘Little Progress’ in Negotiations
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said today that he considered a resumption of the agreement on Iran’s nuclear program possible even after the “small progress” observed in the ongoing negotiations in Vienna. “My personal assessment, after the conversation I had with all my colleagues, is that a return to mutual compliance remains possible,” Blinken […]
Iran: ” Crude sales have risen sharply in the last 10 months ”
Sales of Iranian crude, gas concentrates and petrochemicals have risen dramatically in the past 10 months, the country’s oil minister said, according to Bloomberg. Addressing lawmakers in Tehran, Javad Owji said Iran’s budget for the year beginning March 21 had taken into account daily oil sales of 1.2 million barrels, the official Shana news agency […]
Iran announces three deaths due to Omicron
Iran’s health ministry announced on Saturday the country’s first three deaths from the Omicron strain. “The number of Omicron patients in the country has reached 1,162 and one death has been reported due to Omicron in each of the cities of Tabriz, Yazd and Shahrekord, while one seriously ill patient is being treated at Ahvaz […]
Halkbank case: Suspension of criminal case due to the bank’s appeal to the US Supreme Court
The U.S. Federal Court of Appeals has suspended a lawsuit filed by the US federal government against Turkish state-owned Halkbank, which allegedly helped Iran evade US sanctions over the bank’s appeal to the US Supreme Court. Friday’s decision by the 2nd U.S. District Court in Manhattan allows Halkbank to appeal without having to defend the […]
Iran tests solid fuel rocket
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have “successfully” tested a rocket with a solid-fuel engine that can carry satellites, the head of the Revolutionary Guards’ aerospace department said Thursday night. The ideological army of the Islamic Republic of Iran has released the video of a successful test – according to the Revolutionary Guards – of the main propellant […]
Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited Fanari
Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited the Ecumenical Patriarchate today on his own initiative. The eight-year-old former president of the Islamic Republic of Iran had a cordial conversation with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who, among other things, referred to his previous visits to Islamic countries, as part of the ongoing interfaith dialogue, while particularly speaking about […]
Iran and Syria announce establishment of joint bank
Iran and Syria announced the establishment of a joint bank today, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported, citing statements by Minister of Roads and Urban Development Rostam Kasemi. “Tehran and Damascus have decided to set up a joint bank,” said the Iranian minister, who is visiting Syria and met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to […]
Iran supplies secret weapons to Yemen’s Houthis in draft UN intelligence report
Thousands of weapons, including rocket-propelled grenades, machine guns and sniper rifles, seized in recent months by the US Navy in the Arabian Sea, may have originated in the same Iranian port and destination in Yemen, the United Nations revealed by The Wall Street Journal over the weekend. The American newspaper, citing the draft text prepared […]
