Tag: Iranian
The inside story of one man’s five-year ordeal in an Iranian prison
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Republicans push ‘No Oil From Terrorists Act’ to ban Biden from buying Iranian energy
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The legislation, called the "No Oil From Terrorists Act," is especially timely as President Biden announced a ban on Russian oil imports to the U.S. on Tuesday amid bipartisan pressure as Russia continues its invasio...
Oil price surges to highest since 2008 on delays in Iranian talks
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Oil prices soared to their highest since 2008 due to delays in the potential return of Iranian crude to global markets and as the United States and European allies consider banning imports of Russian oil. Talks to re...
Iranian husband beheads teenage wife, authorities say, shocking the country
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Tehran, Iran The beheading of a 17-year-old girl, allegedly by her husband, in western Iran's Khuzestan province last week has once again raised concern over the country's laws around murder and gender-based vio...
Iranian women allowed to watch landmark moment as Iran qualifies for World Cup in Qatar
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Iranian women were allowed to share a landmark moment as Iran secured qualification on Thursday for November's World Cup in Qatar. According to the national team's website, female supporters entered through a speci...
Satellite images, expert suggest Iranian space launch coming
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The likely blast off at Iran's Imam Khomeini Spaceport comes as Iranian state media has offered a list of upcoming planned satellite launches in the works for the Islamic Republic's civilian space program, which has ...
US Navy seized Iranian petroleum products and hundreds of missiles from vessels in Arabian Sea
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The US Navy seized hundreds of Iranian missiles and 1.1 million barrels of Iranian petroleum products from vessels in the Arabian Sea in what became the US government's "largest-ever forfeiture of fuel and weapons s...
‘Collaborating with the mullahs’: Iranian dissidents warn US not to return to the nuclear deal
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"My message to President Biden, it is that the regime of Iran does not represent the people of Iran," said Ali, an Iranian activist who, like the others, warns of the consequences of the U.S. dropping sanctions again...
Iranian police crack down as protests over dry river turn violent
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Farmers last week protested in Isfahan province along the Zayandeh Rud Riverbed, which dried up after the government diverted the water to factories owned by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. Iranians...
Iranian immigrant runs to unseat school board official who took her mic at CRT meeting
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Anita Edgarian made headlines on July 26 when she, like many parents across the country have done in recent months, decided to speak out during a school board meeting in West Chester, a suburb outside Philadelphia. H...
US sanctions commander of Iranian drone program that attacked shipping vessel
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Washington The Biden administration on Friday sanctioned a number of companies and individuals connected to Iran's military drone program as well as the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aeros...
Rare security lapse results in man slapping Iranian governor
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Authorities have not yet determined a motive for the attack on Brig. Gen. Abedin Khorram. The new governor has taken the post in Iran’s Eastern Azerbaijan province, and previously served in the country’s paramilitary...
Iranian governor slapped in the face during public speech
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An event introducing a newly appointed Iranian governor was dramatically interrupted Saturday after a man walked on stage and slapped him in the face. Zeinolabedin Khorram, the new governor of East Azerbaijan provi...
Iranian arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle hundreds of kilos of heroin into US
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Malek Mohammad Balouchzehi, 38, was extradited to the United States on Oct. 9 and appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn on Tuesday. He is facing one count of conspiring to import heroin into th...
Iranian immigrant cut off at PA school board meeting for CRT pushback: ‘Ordinary people being silenced’
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Iranian immigrant and mother of three Anita Edgarian told "Fox & Friends" that, at first, she had "no intention to talk." PROFESSOR TORCHES SCHOOL DISTRICT'S 'ANTI-RACIST' MATH PUSH: ‘RACISM IS AN INDUSTRY IN AM...
Iranian state actor ‘Marcy’ used Facebook to spy on US military personnel
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A new report from cybersecurity company Proofpoint identified the actor as part of state-sponsored espionage against defense "industrial base" contractors doing work related to the Middle East. Identified as TA456, t...