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Interview with the arrested Russian journalist who used to love Iran, but now, no longer

October 18, 2019October 23, 2019 Editor 229 Views agents, Anna Rayskaya, apologize, Bazaar, black sack, Brides of Allah, Brigadier General Ali Nasiri, charges, computer, detention center, espionage, extremists, hotel lobby, interpreter, interrogate, Islamic Regime’s Russian language TV network, Israel, job opportunities, Kremlin critic, media outlets, mediation, memorable, nominated, personal belongings, positive, Radio Farda, Radio Free Europe, Requiem for Beslan, Russian consulate, Russian Embassy, Russian opposition, Russian Parliament (DUMA), sirens, social dissent, souvenirs, spying, surgery, suspicious, technical inspection, technical problems, Tehran University’s Caucasus Institute, Vladimir putin, Wahhabis, Yulia Yuzik

By The Free Iranian Staff   Yulia Yuzik, the Russian journalist who was arrested in Iran, accused of spying for

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Iranian-American Businessman Coordinated With UAE Monarch to Target Iran Critics, Lawsuit Alleges

October 15, 2019 Editor 191 Views advoctes, American public, Amir Handjani, assassination of dissidents, assets, Atlantic Council, attorney, Bell Pottinger, blackmail, blogs, board of directors, bribery, British firms, collateral damage, Columbia Journalism Review, conspiracy, counterclaim, court documents, David Asher, Dechert LLP, Digitalis Reputation, diplomatic ties, Disinformation, dissidents, emails, espionage, experts, fake accounts, Farhad Azima, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, hardline stance, international fraud, international hacking, Iranian-American businessman, Jay Solomon, Justice Department, Lawfare blog, London, Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS), misrepresentation, Money Laundering, National Iranian American Council (NIAC), Neil Gerrard, New York-based, oil executive, Pagefield Global, pmarcj, pro-Tehran, prominent, proxies, public relations, RAKIA, Ras al Khaimah (RAK), sharp critic, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi, smear campaign, State Department official, stolen data, target, think tank, Truman National Security Project, Trump administration, Twitter feeds, UAE, United Kingdom, Wall Street Journal, Washington Free Beacon

Lawsuit suggests Wall Street Journal journalist also caught up in smear operation By Adam Kredo Source: The Washington Free Beacon

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Widow of environmentalist who died under Evin prison interrogation, finally joins her children in Canada

October 11, 2019November 11, 2019 Editor 153 Views Canada, Canadian officials, Environmentalists, espionage, human rights violations, journey, Kavous Seyed-Emami, Maryam Mombeini, mysterious death, paranoid, prison, prohibit, specifics, suppress, Vancouver, widow

By The Free Iranian Staff Maryam Mombeini, widow of environmentalist Kavous Seyyed Emami, who died while in custody and under

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Tehran jumps to free Russian journalist when Moscow snaps its finger

October 10, 2019October 10, 2019 Editor 101 Views agents, ambassador, Boris Voytsekhovskiy, conspire, cooperating, damaging, desperate need, detention, dual nationality, espionage, ex-husband, expeditious review, foreign, hostages, hotel room, Israeli intelligence, medical attention, Newsweek magazine, notorious prisons, Pravda, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Russia, Russian edition, Russian journalist, Yulia Yuzik

By The Free Iranian   On Thursday, the Russian embassy in Tehran announced that Yulia Yuzik, the Russian journalist, arrested

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German intelligence reports on Iran’s illicit nuclear activities met with silence from European powers

October 5, 2019October 5, 2019 Editor 147 Views acquire and redistribute, Angela Pley, Arms Control and Regional Security Project, Banking and Business Forum Iran Europe, building nuclear weapons, centrifuges, chemical-biological, compliance, Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement, conference in Berlin, conventional weapons, Department of Economic and Sustainable Development, electrical engineering, Emily B. Landau, espionage, European powers, foreign intelligence services, Fredrik Dahl, German intelligence, German state of Hesse, higher education system, illegal attempts, Institute for National Security Studies, intelligence services, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iranian regime, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), North Korea, nuclear weapons technology, Pakistan, political leadership, procurement activities, proliferation, regional and international crisis situations, State Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Syria, technical know-how, Tel Avi, transport routes, university institute, uranium enrichment, US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, weapons of mass destruction (WMD), zero attention

By Benjamin Weinthal Source: FoxNews Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Serious questions have emerged about the International Atomic Energy

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Inside Iran’s Evin prison former detainees say ‘every day is a day of suffering’

September 14, 2019October 8, 2019 Editor 234 Views alarming, Amnesty International, Australian, bad wrap, barbed wire, beatings, bloggers, brutality, bureau chief, Canberra, captive, charges, crowdfunding site, detainment, detention, disappearance, drone, Eilidh Macpherson, espionage, Evin Prison, foreign nationals, gunfire, hangings, ill-treatment, Iranian-American, isolation, Jason Rezaian, Jolie King, Kaveh Taheri, Mark Firkin, mass graves, media, mock executions, Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, Perth, political detainees, psychological torture, screams, Solitary Confinement, suffering, The Times, The Way Overland, violations, Washington Post, website, windowless cells, without a permit, YouTube channel

By Tracey Shelton and Julia Holman Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Former inmates have described being subjected to mock executions, beatings and psychological

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Iran using dual national detainees as economic bargaining chips – Analysis

August 20, 2019 Editor 119 Views anthropologist, around the globe, bargaining chips, British-Iranian, child marriage, detention, dual citizen, escalation, espionage, European Leadership Network think-tank, Evin Prison, female genital mutilation (FGM), financial penalties, foreign nationals, hard-line, impossible to ascertain, Iran nuclear deal, Iranian custody, jailed, Jason Rezaian, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Kameel Ahmady, Masoud Soleimani, maximum pressure campaign, military response, Muhammad Sahimi, national security, Nizar Zakka, political development, Princeton University, privacy and security, Sir Adam Thomson, State Department, Stena Impero, system of government, The Media Line, tri-national, University of Southern California, Western countries, Westerners, Xiyue Wang

Arrests like that of Briton Kameel Ahmady are also being used to leverage the release of Iranians accused of violating

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The Terror Regime’s Sanctioned Zarif Enters Sweden

August 17, 2019August 18, 2019 Editor 135 Views Ahmad Reza Jalali, blatantly lies, bombs, Drugs, espionage, hijab, inalienable, Iranian-Swedish, Refugees, researcher, shari'a, Sweden, terror plots, unsubstantiated charges, Western countries

By Fred Saberi Source: The Times of Israel (TOI) Blogs The sanctioned foreign minister, the Islamic regime’s terror courier enters

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Wife of American Imprisoned in Iran Cites ASAP Rocky in Plea for Trump’s Help

August 10, 2019 Editor 153 Views American citizens, ASAP Rocky, cause célèbre, Chinese citizen, Chinese government, Chinese holiday, detention cases, diplomatic talks, espionage, espionage charges, foreign justice system, go-between, graduate student, Hua Qu, imprisonment, international envoy for hostage affairs, international laws, Iran nuclear deal, Iranian government, Iranian prison, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian West, level of attention, Mike Pompeo, military strike, naturalized American, Princeton University, Secretary of State, surveillance drone, Swedish diplomats, Swedish jail, United Nations, Valentine’s Day, world powers, Xiyue Wang

By Lara Jakes Source: The New York Times The wife of an American held for three years in an Iranian

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Tehran Moves Swedish-Iranian Scientist Sentenced To Death To Solitary Confinement

August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 Editor 280 Views Ahmad Reza Jalali, Amnesty International, CCTV, death sentence, espionage, health problems, Iranian intelligence, medical care, medical doctor, scientific conference, Solitary Confinement, Swedish-Iranian, Tehran’s Prosecutor, unidentified place, Vida Mehran Nia, watchdogs

Source: RadioFarda A Swedish-Iranian medical doctor and researcher who has been in jail in Iran since 2916 on charges of

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