Iran news in brief, September 2, 2019
Iran news in brief, September 2, 2019
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Iran’s regime vows to breach the nuclear deal, ignores warnings
Iran’s regime vows to breach the nuclear deal, ignores warnings As the Europeans try to save the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and persist in negotiations with Tehran, Iran’s regime, emboldened by the European approach, vows to breach more of its commitments under the terms of the JCPOA. On September 1, in an interview with the state-run Khabar-e Fori news agency, Seyyed Hossein Naghavi Hosseini, head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security Commission, said that Javad Zarif, the Iranian regime’s foreign minister, in session with this commission, underlined that if the Europeans won’t take concrete measures to circumvent U.S. sanctions, Iran will take its third step in breaching the JCPOA. On September 1, in an interview with the state TV, Zarif threatened Europe by saying, “If by Thursday, the Europeans won't’ take necessary actions, we will take the third step in reducing our commitments under the terms of th...
Iranian regime mounts pressure against prisoners in Evin
Iranian regime mounts pressure against prisoners in Evin Evin Prison in Tehran Iran, September 1, 2019 –According to reports, Gholamreza Ziayi, the new chief of the Iranian regime's notorious Evin prison in Tehran, has been mounting repression against prisoners. Ziyai has adopted new rules which put more pressure on prisoners. One of these rules is the removal of health insurance plans for prisoners. This means that prisoners and their families are responsible to cover all the health and treatment costs of prisoners. Those who don't have the money are deprived of medical treatment. Even if a prisoner is dying, they won't be transferred to the medical center before paying for their treatment out of their own pockets. The new restrictions also include a limitation on family visits. Since three years ago, Iranian political prisoners were granted one visit every 28 days even if they didn't make any requests in advance. But the new head of Evin prison has revoked ...
U.S. Treasury Imposes Sanctions on Iran Regime's Oil Tanker Adrian Darya 1
U.S. Treasury Imposes Sanctions on Iran Regime's Oil Tanker Adrian Darya 1 Written by Sedighe Shahrokhi on 31 August 2019 . Sep 2, 2019 The United States on Friday imposed sanctions against an oil tanker belonging to the Iranian regime for transporting Iranian crude oil to Syria in violation of international sanctions. "The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action today against Adrian Darya 1, an oil tanker transporting 2.1 million barrels of Iranian crude oil ultimately benefitting Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF)," the Treasury said in a statement on August 30, 2019. The Adrian Darya 1’s captain, Akhilesh Kumar, was also designated as part of the U.S. action. The IRGC-QF’s highest-ranking officials have long overseen the export of Iranian oil, often masking its origin and sending it to the Syrian regime or IRGC-QF proxies across the region, the Treasury pointed out. ...