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Iran trying to set up its own terror group in Gaza

Al-Sabirin (the name comes from the Arabic word for “patience”) has begun recruiting an intended initial force of 400 fighters, the TV report said, and is directly funded by the regime in Tehran. Because it follows Shi’ite ...
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Arkas signs deal with Iran’s shipping company to boost ties

Arkas Holding has said it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) to establish a Turkey-based joint venture to offer maritime transportation and logistics services across the Mediterranean Sea. Arkas ...
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Iran executes six more Kurds without fair trial

Political prisoner Mohammad Abdullahi and five other Kurds were executed in Urmia Central Prison on Tuesday, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reported.  Abdullahi, 35, married, from the city of Bokan, Kurdistan Province, northwest of Iran, was ...
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Iran steps up arms shipments to Hezbollah, Hamas

Israeli officials revealed Monday that the Islamic Republic had stepped up its support for Lebanese Shiite terror group Hezbollah over the past few weeks. Israel has observed an increase in Iran weapons shipments to Hezbollah members — ...
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Austria’s Oberbank and Raiffeisen Bank connected to Iran market

A senior Iranian trade official says Austria’s Oberbank and Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) are now connected to Iranian banks. Tehran Chamber of Commerce Chairman Masoud Khansari said that the two Austrian banks have started opening letters of ...

Miners from central Iran sentenced to flogging

Miners have been sentenced to imprisonment and flogging by the oppressive Iranian regime. The miners, from Bafq Iron Ore Company, had been condemned for their union protest in 2014. Bafq is situated in the central Iranian province ...

British Petroleum to clear debts to Iran

In 2005, National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and Britain’s largest oil firm BP launched a 656-million-dollar cooperation producing gas at the offshore gas field of Rhum in Scotland. BP and the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) jointly ...

Bombardier in talks about deal with new Iranian Airline

Bombardier Inc., the world’s third-biggest planemaker, is in negotiations about a deal with a prospective new airline serving the tourist island of Qeshm in southern Iran. Montreal-based Bombardier’s Chairman Pierre Beaudoin held talks with officials from the ...

Iran’s Homa, Air France sign contract

Air France signed an agreement with Iran’s state-owned airline, known as Iran Air or Homa on April 18. French Transport Minister Alain Vidalies held a press conference with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Akhoundi. “We will cooperate on ...

Iran: Death sentence for Facebook posts

(New York) – Iran’s judiciary should vacate the death sentence of a 30-year-old man who faces imminent execution for Facebook posts linked to his account. On November 24, 2014, Iran’s Supreme Court upheld a criminal court ruling ...

Iran murders 15 drug offenders

Iran hanged 21 prisoners on March 4th — 15 for drug offenses, 6 for alleged hostility to God. The names of the six Sunni Kurds hanged for political reasons were released. The names of the drug offenders ...