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The Truth Behind Iran’s “Massive” Oil Find

November 15, 2019 Editor 92 Views backpedaled, Bijan Zangeneh, creative secretive ways, crippled oil export, Ellen R. Wald, energy historian, estimates, external shocks, face value, Forbes, influx of cash, International Monetary Fund (IMF), mind-blowing, oil field, Oil tanker, output, Radio Farda, reality check, Regional Economic Outlook, reserves, sales, Senior contributor, sizeable, steep recession, World Bank

By Tsvetana Paraskova  Source: OilPrice.com Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced proudly this weekend that Iran had discovered a massive new oil field containing

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Articles & Reports IRGC, Basij, Hezbollah & Quds Force 

In Shiite holy city of Karbala, Iraqis protest against Iranian ‘meddling’

November 15, 2019 Editor 77 Views anti-government, Arab protesters, Baghdad, battle, city of Karbala, corrupt, crosshairs, eastern border, Freedom Square, holiest cities, Hussein Sabri, influential figures, Iran's interference, Islamic scholar, national flag, Pilgrimage, placard, roundabout, Sheikh Ali al-Khazai, Shiite stronghold, southern Iraq, Sunnis, tear-gas canister, unthinkable development

Source: France24 Video by:James ANDRE A FRANCE 24 team reporting from the southern Iraqi city of Karbala find a previously

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Articles & Reports IRGC, Basij, Hezbollah & Quds Force 

U.S. Interests and the Unsustainable Status Quo in Iraq

November 15, 2019November 15, 2019 Editor 60 Views Abu Jihad, Abu Muntadher al-Husseini, Adel Abdalmahdi, bloated government, Combined Joint Task Force—Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR), democratic, Department of Defense, effective international observation, electoral code, endemic corruption, European Union Advisory Mission in Iraq (EUAM Iraq), failing state, Falah al-Fayyadh, foreign internal defense, foreign-backed, fundamental change, Global Magnitsky Act, Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistani, high-stakes, indigenous protest movement, Interim Government, intifada, Iranian regime, Iraqi civilians, Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR), IS fighters, Islamic Revolution, Islamist demagogues, job-seekers, launch-pad, militiamen, militias, NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I), objectives, Operation Inherent Resolve, payroll, political continuity, political parties, Protests, proxy force, religious establishment, reputational damage, Sadddamists, Shiite religious establishment, sinecures, social benefits, sovereign, stable, strategic risks, the Green Movement in Iran, U.S. Department of State, U.S.-led coalition, UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI), undue influence, unemployed

By Michael Knights Source: The Washington Institute   The unprecedented protests in Iraq underline the reality that Iraq is slowly

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Cyber Terrorism Economy IRGC, Basij, Hezbollah & Quds Force Oil Other News 

Secret Iranian Network Behind ‘Aggressive’ U.S. Cyberattacks Exposed In New Report

November 15, 2019December 14, 2019 Editor 149 Views aggressive, APT33, blanket warning, C&C servers, civilian and critical infrastructure, command and control (C&C), cryptocurrencies, cyber command, cyber weaponry, cyberattacks, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), DHS, exit nodes, hunting ground, increasing threat, Microsoft Outlook, military agencies, military hospitals, national security, oil exploration company, Persian Gulf, reconnaissance, recruitment, restricted and strategic industries, Saudi Aramco, Shamoon, Tensions, Trend Micro, VPN

By Zak Doffman Source: Forbes The Iranian hacking group behind a Microsoft Outlook attack earlier this year that prompted a

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Articles & Reports Human Rights International Iran News 

Behrouz Boochani, voice of Manus Island refugees, is free in New Zealand

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 Editor 118 Views Australia’s offshore processing regime in Papua New Guinea, Barack Obama, Behrouz Boochani, Bomana prison, Canberra, Chauka solitary confinement block, Christchurch, Christmas Island, circuitous route, criminal convictions, incommunicado, investigations, Journalist, Kurdish Iranian, Kurdish proverb, leaked documents, literary prize, Malcolm Turnbull, Manus Island, medical neglect, mental anguish, murdered, New Zealand, No Friend but the Mountains, offshore detention system, outlets, Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, processing centres, Refugee, refugees held in offshore detention, secretive regime, sentence by sentence, shot, suicide, tireless campaigner, translated, transmitted, Victorian premier’s prize for literature

Kurdish Iranian refugee and journalist – a multiple award-winner for documenting life in Australia’s offshore detention system – has left

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Capital Punishment Corruption in Iran Execution Human Rights Slider Terrorism The Regime Brass 

A Henchman in the 1988 Massacre of Iranian Political Prisoners Arrested in Sweden

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 Editor 282 Views 1988 massacre in Iran, Agnes Callamard, Amnesty International, audio recording, burial of the victims, city of Karaj, Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Iran, crime against humanity, death commission, detainees, Ebrahim Raisi, God’s commandment, Gohardasht prison, graves, Hamid Abbasi, Hamid Nouri, handpicked, highest execution rates, Hossein Ali Montazeri, Hossein Ali Nayeri, intelligence agent, Iraj Mesdaghi, Iran-Iraq war, Judge Moghiseh, justice minister, Kaveh Mousavi, Khomeini successor, Morteza Eshraghi, Mostafa Pourmohammadi, plaintiffs, prosecute, Sweden, Swedish authorities, UN member states, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extra-Judicial Executions

By The Free Iranian Staff   On November 13th, Swedish authorities announced that Hamid Nouri, a former Khomeiniist regime prosecutor,

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Corruption in Iran Currency & inflation Economy Slider Social Damages in Iran The Regime Brass 

At Least Half of Iranians are Living in Poverty

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 Editor 227 Views Brazil, China, declining wages, food prices, Hossein Samsami, Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation, indicators, Islamic Parliament (Majles), Islamic Parliamentarian, Islamic Unity Conference, meat, political conditions, Poverty, Rasoul Khazari, Romania, social services, Turkey, underfunded, World Bank

By The Free Iranian Staff An argument over the number of Iranians living in poverty erupted at a session of

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Human Rights Political Prisoners Religious Minorities Slider The Regime Brass The Supreme Leader 

A Mullah Commits Suicide in Prison

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 Editor 138 Views Ayatollah Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi, due process, enforcement, Evin Prison, financial, Intimidation, Khomeinist ideology, moral charges, Parviz Sarbaz, political charges, rule of law, Sharia Law, Special Prosecutor, suppressed, transparent trials, tribunals, verdict

By The Free Iranian Staff   Early in October news of the September 25th suicide of a cleric in Evin

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Economy Nuclear Sanctions Slider Terrorism 

‘YOU? Really?’: Iran’s Zarif scorns EU warning over nuclear deal

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 Editor 84 Views ballistic missile program, Britain, colleagues, commitments, dispute resolution, enriched uranium, EU foreign policy chief, EU/E3, European countries, face consequences, Federica Mogherini, Fordow nuclear facility, FOREIGN MINISTER, France, Germany, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), mechanism, Mohammad Javad Zarif, oil exports, remedies, signatories, trigger

Source: Reuters DUBAI – Europeans have failed to fulfill their own commitments to Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal, Foreign Minister Mohammad

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Economy Sanctions Slider 

U.S. adds companies to economic blacklist for providing WMD activity support in Syria

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 Editor 115 Views Al Ras Gate General Trading, Bahrain, Bestway Line FZCO, Bureau of Industry and Security, chemical and biological weapons, components, Fabcon International, firms and individuals, France, Iran, Jordan, Jordanian Lebanese Company, Laboratory Instruments S.A.L, Lebanon, material support, Muhandis Corporation, Oman, Pakistan, Paktech Engineers, Rahal Corporation, Rohtas Enterprise, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Syria, Technology and Medical Supplies, Turkey, U.S. government approval, U.S.-origin goods, United Arab Emirates (UAE), United Kingdom, unreliable recipients, unsafeguarded nuclear activities, without authorization

Source: Reuters WASHINGTON – The U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday added more than a dozen companies and individuals to its

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