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Japan mulling dispatch of SDF near Strait of Hormuz

October 18, 2019October 18, 2019 Editor 22 Views Cabinet secretary, Chief Cabinet Secretary, coalition, defense minister, Fishing, FOREIGN MINISTER, Japan, Japanese company, Mike Pompeo, National Security Council, oil supplier, Oman, Persian Gulf, SDF dispatch, Secretary of State, Shinzo Abe, Straight of Hormuz, tanker, Tokyo, vessels, Yoshihide Suga

Source: Asahi Shimbun The government is considering dispatching the Self-Defense Forces to areas near the Strait of Hormuz to protect

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Pakistan Foreign Ministry refutes PM Imran Khan’s trip to Tehran and Riyadh as mediator

October 12, 2019October 12, 2019 Editor 40 Views ease increasing tensions, Imran Khan, Islamabad, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, Prime Minister, Saudi Arabia, United Nations General Assembly

By The Free Iranian Staff On Friday, October 11th, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Pakistan issued a statement denying

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Iran says Chinese state oil firm withdraws from $5B deal

October 6, 2019October 7, 2019 Editor 59 Views an agreement, atomic program, Bijan Zangeneh, China National Petroleum Corp., China’s state oil company, Chinese shipping firms, CNPC, foreign investments, FOREIGN MINISTER, France’s Total SA, Houthi rebels, initial plan, Iranian-allied, Mohammad Javad Zarif, offshore natural gas field, Oil Minister, parliamentary Committee, Petropars, Qatar, reserves of natural gas, SHANA news agency, Tasnim news agency, Tensions, The South Pars field, U.S. maximum pressure policy, unilateral withdrawal, Yemen

By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell Source: Associated Press (AP) China’s state oil company has pulled out of a $5

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US designates Indian firm over ‘oil-for-terror’ network

October 5, 2019October 7, 2019 Editor 49 Views Akhilesh Kumar, Ali Ghadeer Mehdi, Ali Zaheer Mehdi, Anuj Bhardwaj, ballistics programmes, Bashar al-Assad, Bushra Ship Management Private Limited, captain of Adrian Darya I, destabilize the region, escalating military tensions, eye-ball-to-eyeball, financial mechanisms, Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), former Iranian petroleum minister, gas oil, hundreds of millions of dollars, Indian national, international confrontation, Iranian oil, Khadija Ship Management Private Limited, malign activities, Mehdi Group, Mehdi Offshore and Ship Management Pte. Ltd. (Mehdi Offshore), Mumbai-based, Nuclear Weapons, oil tankers, oil-for-terror shipping network, petroleum network, Rostam Qasemi, ships, Singapore, Steven Mnuchin, subsidiaries, terrorist arm, the region, the UAE, UAE-based Penta Ocean Ship Management & Operation LLC (Penta Ocean), Vaniya Ship Management Private Limited, Zafar Anis Ishteyaq Hussain

By Yashwant Raj Source: Hindustan Times   The United States on Wednesday designated Mumbai-based Mehdi Group, its subsidiaries and two

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Tehran’s officials handing over more of Iran’s territory to Russia

October 2, 2019October 3, 2019 Editor 47 Views airspace, anti-West, Azerbaijan, bilateral friendship treaties, campaign, Caspian Sea, common waters, Convention, Duma, ecological standards, endorsement, fishing zones, inland waters, international agreement, international treaty, Iran’s rights, Islamic Revolution, jurisdictions, Kazakhstan, ktau, lawmakers, legal regime, Legal Status, littoral countries, Majles, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Moscow, multilateral agreement, occupied, oil and gas, Parliament, paths of victory, Prince Reza Pahlavi, ratification, rise and protect, Russia, sea borders, seabed, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Social Media, sovereignty, Soviet Union, subsoil, Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), territorial waters, the Caspian, the Russian parliament, Trans Caspian pipeline, Turkmenistan, unfair share, unity, Vladimir putin

Source: RadioFarda Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law ratifying the controversial Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian

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Tehran is trying to ‘stir the pot’

April 28, 2019April 28, 2019 Editor 306 Views Iran’s state television, Iranian foreign minister, Ri Yong Ho

Iran’s Zarif plans North Korea visit: Iranian state TV Source: Reuters   DUBAI – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif

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Modi’s Middle East Deals Snub Iran

March 26, 2019March 26, 2019 Editor 327 Views Cold War-era policy of nonalignment, Gulf, India-Pakistan, Indian Prime Minister, Mohammed bin Salman, Narendra Modi, ONGC Videsh, Saudi Arabia, Sushma Swaraj, United Arab Emirates

India’s newly aggressive strategy puts Gulf money and Israeli weapons first. By Harsh V. Pant, Hasan AlHasan Source: Foreign Policy

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Sri Lanka police busts 107.22Kg of heroin on seized Iranian vessel

March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 Editor 657 Views Drugs, Heroin, Iranian vessel, Sri Lanka

ISICRC Staff     Colombo : 107.22 kilograms of heroin was discovered on an Iranian vessel that was seized on Sunday

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China’s Machiavellian safeguarding of its Iran interests

December 9, 2018April 3, 2019 Editor 266 Views Canada, China, Featured Story, Huawei, Iran, Meng Wanzhou, Sanctions, United States

China Summons U.S. Envoy Over Huawei CFO By Ros Krasny Source: Bloomberg (Business) China’s Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng has

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