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Reward for Robert Levinson, ex-FBI agent missing in Iran, jumps to $25M, Pompeo announces

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 Editor 52 Views CIA mission, cigarette smu, Cigarette smuggling, commitment, David Belfield, Dawud Salahuddin, dramatic, FBI agent, Hassan Abdulrahman, Islamist revolutionaries, jumpsuit, Justice Program, Kis Island, Maryam Hotel, recruitment, reunited, Rewards, Robert Levinson, Siamak Namazi, State Department, the Expediency Council, Trump administration, United Nations, whereabouts, Xiye Wang

By Travis Fedschun Source: FoxNews   Watch the latest video at foxnews.com On the day marking four decades since Islamist revolutionaries orchestrated

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Treasury Designates Supreme Leader of Iran’s Inner Circle Responsible for Advancing Regime’s Domestic and Foreign Oppression

November 4, 2019November 4, 2019 Editor 59 Views Ali Akbar Velayati, appointees, Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AIMA), Armed Forces General Staff, block funds, bombing, child offenders, death commission, destabilizing policies, Ebrahim Raisi, Expediency Council, foreign affairs advisors, foreign terrorist organization, Gholam-Ali Hadad-Adel, Gholam-Ali Rashid, Hossein Dehghan, investment, Judiciary, Khatam al-Anbia Central Headquarters, law prohibition, lifeline, Marine compound in Beirut, Mohammad Bagheri, Mohammadi Golpayegani, Mojtaba Khamenei, oil agreements, oppressed, oversight, Rostam Qasemi, Sadegh Amoli Larijani, shadow network, Steven T. Mnuchin, Syrian regime, Treasury’s counterterrorism authority, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), United Nations, Vahid Haghanian

Source: U.S. Department of Treasury Action coincides with 40th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis   WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department

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Argentina’s Rafael Grossi elected head of UN’s nuclear watchdog

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 Editor 59 Views agency, Argentine, Cornel Feuta, countermeasures, cutbacks, death, diplomat, director-general, economic benefits, governors, implementation, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran nuclear deal, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), monitoring, nuclear program, permanent representative, Rafael Grossi, Romanian, Sanctions, shaky, signatories, United Nations, uranium stocks, Vienna-based, Xavier Sticker, Yukio Amano

Diplomat chosen to succeed late IAEA director-general Yukiya Amano has vowed to be ‘firm but very fair’ in dealing with

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UN criticizes Iran’s use of death penalty against minors

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 Editor 57 Views abolished, absolutely prohibited, banned, child offenders, Death penalty, enhanced dialogue, EU law, Germany's federal constitution, Javaid Rehman, Minors, monitor, ranking, Saudi Arabia, special rapporteur, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations, United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), worsening economy

The United Nations expert for monitoring human rights in Iran criticized the Tehran government for its use of the death

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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

October 18, 2019October 18, 2019 Editor 45 Views abuse of power, anaemic, betrayal, costs of living, deprivation, financial situations, health consequences, Hossein Raghfar, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Islamic Parliament (Majles), Khorasan, Khuzestan, malnourished, minimal standard of health, minimum wage, misgoverned, Mohammad Reza Za’eri, oil fields, oil wealth, osteoporosis, Poverty, school tuition, statistics, stunted growth, swollen belly, total population of Iran, underestimated, undernourished, underweight, United Nations, working poor, World Food Day, worst possible level

By The Free Iranian Staff   October 16th has been declared World Food Day, and October 17th the International Day for

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Harassment and imprisonment: Life as a persecuted Christian in Iran

October 8, 2019October 8, 2019 Editor 62 Views Assyrian Pentecostal Church, bible studies, childhood memories, Christian, Christians detained in Iran, Christmas celebration, church services, citizens, confinement, contrived charges, Dabrina Tamraz, daughter, detention, evangelism, exclusive interview, Farsi, foundational right, harassment, house church, illegal, imprisonment, interrogation, Iranian regime, leadership, Mike Pence, minorities, national language, pastor, persecution, religious freedom, soldiers, surveillance, tainted, threat to national security, U.S. State Department, United Nations, US Commission on International Religious Freedom, Vice-President, Victor Tamraz

By Emily Judd Source: Al Arabiya Dabrina Tamraz grew up as the daughter of a pastor living under the Iranian

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Operative of Turkey’s spy agency MİT sent $600,000 to al-Shabab in Somalia

October 4, 2019October 5, 2019 Editor 92 Views al-Shabab, assassin, Cemalettin Kani Torun, Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK), Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (İnsan Hak ve Hürriyetleri ve İnsani Yardım Vakfı, İbrahim Halil İlgi, illegal shipments, Islamist doctor, jihadists, Kayseri, Kilis, Mogadishu, Ömer Faruk Aksebzeci, or IHH), prosecutor Adem Akıncı, radicalize, Recep Çamdalı, Russian aerial campaign, Russian envoy, Sanctions Committee, Somali government, Somalia, terrorist leaders, transcripts, Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT), United Nations, wiretaps

By Abdullah Bozkurt Source: Nordic Monitor Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), led by a pro-Iranian Islamist figure, delivered hundreds of

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At UN assembly, Israeli minister calls out Turkey, points to terror groups

September 27, 2019September 29, 2019 Editor 93 Views 1967 borders with east Jerusalem, Arab Gulf States, FOREIGN MINISTER, Gaza Strip, Haifa, Hamas, he Mediterranean, homogeneous territories, independent Palestinian state, Iranian threat, Israel Katz, Jordan, Kurdish minority, oppress, Ottoman Empire, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Persian Gulf, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Regional Peace initiative, Saudi Aramco oil facilities, Shi'ite militias, Syria, terrorist groups, the sultan, threaten to destroy Israel, Turkey, Turkish people, U.N. General Assembly, United Nations

“You that brutally oppress the Turkish people, slaughter the Kurdish minority and support the terror organization Hamas, you are the

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Special Representative Brian Hook met with members of the Iranian diaspora on the sidelines of UNGA

September 27, 2019September 29, 2019 Editor 102 Views 1st Marine Brigade on Bandar Abbas, Akbar Atri, Arshya Vahabzadeh, Brian Hook, diaspora, General Aseembly, Iranian regime, Kaveh Shahrooz, Nikan Khatibi, United Nations

Source: U.S. Department of State Facebook Special Representative Brian Hook met with members of the Iranian diaspora on the sidelines

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U.S. Sanctions Iran’s Central Bank, Says It Will Send Military Forces to Saudi Arabia

September 20, 2019October 4, 2019 Editor 77 Views accusations, air and missile defenses, air defense batteries, air defense troops, annual U.N. General Assembly, attacks, blacklisted, cabinet meeting, campaign, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Charred wreckage, cruise missile, defensive in nature, deployment, diplomatic isolation, drone strikes, economic pressure, economy-wide pressure campaign, enriched uranium, Etemad Tejarate Pars Co., European allies, financial institutions, financially, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, going to hell, government controlled, Gulf allies, humanitarian trade, international action, International Coalition, international commerce, Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Iran's central bank, isolate the country, Khurais oil field, killing dissidents, Marine Gen. Joe Dunford, Mark Esper, military forces, military response, missile defenses, National Development Fund of Iran, nuclear accord, number of troops, oil field and refinery, oil supplies, policy director, politically, punishment, regional conflicts, Riyadh, Ryan Costello, Saudi national oil company Aramco, Secretary of Defense, senior administration official, stabilization towers, steer clear, targeted strike, terror, the Pentagon, torturing dissidents, United Nations, Wall Street Journal, warplanes, world leaders, World Markets, wrongdoing

The sanctions action, part of a ‘maximum pressure’ campaign meant to avoid war, targets institutions critical to the last vestiges

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