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Iran’s telecom minister appears before prosecutor, released
State TV is reporting that Iran’s judiciary has released the country’s telecom minister on bail after he was summoned by Iran’s general prosecutor.
 
In random test of 500 in Afghan capital, one-third has virus
Afghanistan’s public health ministry says one-third of 500 random coronavirus tests in the capital Kabul have come back positive. This has raised fears of widespread undetected infections in one of the world’s most fragile countries.
 
Iran, like wider Mideast, relies on deliveries amid pandemic
For some $15 a day, deliverymen don masks and gloves in Iran’s capital to zip across its pandemic-subdued streets to drop off groceries and food for those sheltering at home from the virus.
 
Iran’s Guard acknowledges encounter with US during a drill
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard is acknowledging it had a tense encounter with U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf last week, but alleged without offering evidence that American forces sparked the incident.
 
Iran parliament speaker, Israeli health minister have virus
Iran’s parliament says speaker Ali Larijani has contracted the new coronavirus, the country’s highest-ranking government figure yet to catch the disease, while in Israel several top officials entered quarantine when the health minister tested positive.
 
Iran sentences alleged US spies to up to 10 years in prison
Iran has sentenced eight environmental activists, including an Iranian who reportedly also has British and American citizenship, to prison terms ranging from four to 10 years on charges of spying for the United States and acting against Iran’s national security.
 
Iran’s top leader strikes defiant tone amid month of turmoil
Iran’s supreme leader has lashed out at Western countries while leading Friday prayers in Tehran for the first time in eight years.
 
Iran says it’s defused 2nd cyberattack in less than a week
Iran’s telecommunications minister is saying his country has defused a second cyberattack in less than a week, this time “aimed at spying on government intelligence.”
 
Iran underground lab boosts low-enriched uranium production
The head of Iran’s nuclear program has told The Associated Press that the country is now producing more low-enriched uranium daily after restarting an underground lab.
 
Iran discovers new oil field with over 50 billion barrels
Buried beneath Iran’s oil-rich south, a new oil field has been discovered, potentially boosting the country’s proven reserves by a third.
 
Iran begins pouring concrete for 2nd nuclear power reactor
Iran has begun pouring concrete for a second nuclear reactor at its Bushehr power plant. It’s a facility Tehran points to as its reason to break the enrichment limit set by its unraveling 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
 
Iran offers warning after mysterious tanker attack
Iran’s president has warned it would be “a big mistake” to think the Islamic Republic wouldn’t respond threats after a mysterious attack on one of its oil tankers.
 
New video from Iran shows Guard warning away UK warship
A new video released by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shows a British warship escorting a U.K.-flagged tanker being warned by the paramilitary troops not to interfere in their seizure of the commercial vessel earlier this month.
 
Iran says its seizure of British ship a ‘reciprocal’ move
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says the U.K.'s response to the Iranian seizing of a British oil tanker “will be considered but robust.”
 
Top diplomat: Iran must build missiles for defense
Iran’s foreign minister says his country has no choice but to manufacture missiles for defense purposes. The comments by Mohammad Javad Zarif come after his remark that seemed to suggest the missiles could be up for negotiations.
 
Supreme Leader: Iran will continue resisting US pressure
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Iran will continue resisting U.S. economic and political pressure.
 
Iran’s supreme leader says any talks with US can only ‘harm’
Iran’s supreme leader says any negotiations with the U.S. would “bring nothing but material and spiritual harm” ahead of an American-led meeting on the Mideast in Warsaw.
 
Iran Guard claims missile attack on separatist Kurds in Iraq
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has claimed responsibility for a missile attack targeting Kurdish separatists in Iraq.
 
Iran wary of Trump offer for talks, but not ruling them out
Iran reacted skeptically Tuesday to President Donald Trump saying that he’s willing to negotiate with his Iranian counterpart “anytime,” but top officials did not reject a sit-down out of hand.
 
Iran executes 8 over 2017 Islamic State attack on Tehran
Iran says it has executed eight people convicted in the 2017 Islamic State attack on parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran.
 
Iran orders internet providers to block Telegram
Iranian authorities have ordered internet service providers to block access to Telegram, a popular messaging app used by an estimated 40 million Iranians.
 
Armenia’s Oscars submission imagines a world without war
Armenia’s foreign-language film submission to the Academy Awards for this year invites viewers to imagine a world without war, according to its director.
 
In defiance to US, Iran unveils latest missile during parade
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has for the first time displayed in public its latest ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 kilometers _ about 1,250 miles_ capable of reaching much of the Middle East, including Israel.
 
Iran opposition leader’s daughter holds painting exhibition
A daughter of Iran’s opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, under house arrest since 2011, is holding a painting exhibition in Tehran.
 
Iran signs its biggest-ever car deal with France’s Renault
Iran has signed the country’s biggest-ever car deal to build tens of thousands of cars annually under a joint venture with French automobile manufacturer Groupe Renault, buoying its manufacturing industry in defiance of the Trump administration’s moves to isolate the country.
 
Iran detains president’s brother, sentences Chinese-American
Iranian authorities say they have imprisoned a Chinese-American man for 10 years after accusing him of “infiltrating” the country and detained President Hassan Rouhani’s brother over allegations of financial misconduct.
 
Iran approved to import additional 130 tons of uranium
Iran’s English language Press TV is reporting that world powers have approved Iran to import as much as 130 tons of uranium from abroad.
 
Iran’s rial at all-time low over strong dollar, other woes
Iran’s currency has struck an all-time low this week, trading at 41,600 rials to $1. While making Iranian exports more attractive to the world market in the wake of the nuclear deal, it also means people’s savings continue to lose value in the Islamic Republic.
 
Saudis cut ties with Iran following Shiite cleric execution
It also illustrated the kingdom’s new aggressiveness under King Salman. During his reign, Saudi Arabia has led a coalition fighting Shiite rebels in Yemen and staunchly opposed regional Shiite power Iran, even as Tehran struck a nuclear deal with world powers.
 
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