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The International Judo Federation (IJF) announced in an Oct. 22 statement that the Iran Judo Federation will be suspended “from all competitions, administrative and social activities organized or authorized by the IJF and its Unions”. Iran: Athletes Face Internal Restrictions Before Foreign Opponents 24 OCTOBER 2019   EMPTY By Jubin Katiraie On October 22, the International Judo Federation (IJF) banned Iran from all competitions authorized by the federation and its unions. This means that Iranian judokas are suspended from Tokyo Olympics next summer, in which they counted as strong contenders. It is worth considering that judo is one of Iran’s strongest sports and IJF’s announcement is a big blow for Iranian judokas. However, the Iranian federation shows no effort to normalize its strange decisions instead of trying to justify them. Iran’s sports minister ordered the judoka to lose IJF issued a provisional ban last month while investigating a report that the Ir...

The FATF crisis is escalating to new levels for Iran Iran: Internal disputes flare over FATF financial Iran, October 24, 2019 —Recent remarks made by Iranian regime First Vice President Es’hagh Jahangiri claiming the mullahs’ Supreme Leader  Ali Khamenei  has agreed to all outstanding resolutions of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) supervising over the regime’s financial and banking transactions was welcomed by fierce remarks from members of the rival faction close to Khamenei. As we speak, Tehran faces a deadline imposed by the Paris-based FATF for February 2020 and the threat of being blacklisted and placed under suffocating banking restrictions. On the other hand, the regime’s Guardian Council, known to be under Khamenei’s strict control, has turned down the  FATF resolutions  and the regime’s Expediency Council is also in line with this policy. Jahangiri, however, is demanding the ratification of these bills. “We have sent two bills covering ...

International Condemnation of Iranian Regime Terrorism and Warmongering Interventions Written by  Mansoureh Galestan  on  23 October 2019 . BRIAN  H OOK: THE UNITED STATES  CAL L S  ON UN TO RENEW  ARMS EMBARGO   ON  IRAN   Brian  H ook, the  U nited  S tates  Special Representative for Iran ,  said in a message that “ We call on the U.N. Security Council to renew the arms embargo on Iran and to renew the travel ban on  Qasem Soleimani  and 22 other terrorists. It is time for the world to restore deterrence and to do everything possible to promote a more peaceful and stable the Middle East. ”   “Something else will also happen on October 18 th  of next year: the travel ban on 23 Iranian terrorists wi l l expire.  This includes the notorious terrorist, Qasem Soleimani ,” added Hook.    “The Iranian regime has a 40-years history of conducting terrorist attacks acro...