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Zarif Summoned to Parliament for Money Laundering Remarks

Alireza Hashemi -
The Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy commission has summoned Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to clarify his controversial remarks about “rampant” money laundering in Iran, which have drawn angry reactions from political and media circles.
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US Sanctions Harming Iranian People: Rouhani

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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the US has made itself more infamous in the world and among the Iranian nation by imposing cruel sanctions that harm the people of Iran.
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Iran Executes ‘Sultan of Coins’ for Financial Corruption

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Iran executed two financial criminals who had hoarded two tons of gold coins in order to agitate the country’s gold market.
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‘US Sanctions Putting Lives of Iranian Patients in Danger’

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President of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran Alireza Marandi says the United States has endangered the lives of many Iranian patients by imposing "unjust" food and medicine sanctions against Tehran.
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Zarif Rejects Concerns, Defends Iran Getting Out of FATF Blacklist

Alireza Hashemi -
Iran’s top diplomat has once again argued for Tehran’s adoption of standards set by the global anti-money laundering body, saying concerns that FATF accession harms national security interests are baseless and Iran’s failure to get itself out FATF blacklist would mean Tehran has shot itself in the leg.
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Return of US Sanctions Real Challenge to Iranian People: Australian Ambassador

Alireza Hashemi -
The Australian ambassador to Iran has described the restoration of US sanctions on Tehran as “real challenge” to the Iranian people, saying the prospects that sanctions could negatively affect Iranian patients and women and children were “deeply concerning”.
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“US Lying Like a Rug When Saying It Wants to Help Iranians”

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Iran’s defence minister has lashed out at American authorities for making the false claim that they aim to help Iranians by imposing sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
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Iran Legislation Watchdog Rejects CFT Bill, Returns It to Parliament

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Iran’s legislation watchdog, the Guardian Council, has rejected a bill on Iran’s accession to the Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) convention, which had been passed by the Parliament.
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Iranian Pop Singer Sentenced to Hold Free Concert

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Iran’s Ministry of Culture has condemned a pop singer to hold a free concert after finding out that he had given a pre-recorded performance in one of his controversial concerts.
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‘Khashoggi Was Going to Disclose Saudi Use of Chemicals in Yemen’

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Dissident Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, who was recently murdered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, was about to disclose details of Saudi Arabia’s use of banned chemical weapons in its imposed war on Yemen days before he was killed, a report says.
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Iran Urges Other Countries to Respect ICJ’s Anti-US Ruling

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Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations urges the international community to abide by an order issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) earlier this month against US sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
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Those behind Khashoggi’s Murder Must Be Tried in Istanbul: Erdogan

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says all those behind the murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi should be brought to justice, calling for all suspects in the case to stand trial in Istanbul.
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Iran Urges UN Human Rights Council to Terminate Saudi Membership

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An Iranian official has called for the removal of Saudi Arabia from the UN Human Rights Council given the country’s violation of human rights in Yemen and Bahrain, and its alleged murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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“Iran Leader Worried about Civilian Lives in IRGC Attack on Syria”

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A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps says Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei had been worried about the lives of civilians when the IRGC sought to fire missiles at ISIS positions in Syria.
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Recordings Reveal Khashoggi Dismembered When Still Alive

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A Turkish newspaper has obtained information that show Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s fingers were allegedly cut off during the interrogation process before he was decapitated alive in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
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US Sanctions Violate Basic Human Rights: Iran

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Iran’s envoy to the United Nations has slammed Washington’s ‘morally wrong’ measures against other countries, saying that unilateral sanctions amount to collective punishment and violate basic human rights.
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“Iranian Diplomat Arrested in Germany Has Full Immunity”

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the Iranian diplomat, who was detained in Germany on the false charge of plotting an attack on an MKO rally in Paris, enjoys full diplomatic immunity.
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Hiring Relatives Banned in Tehran Municipality

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The members of the Islamic City Council of Tehran have voted in favour of a law that prohibits hiring of the relatives of managers in Tehran municipality.
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Iran to Annul Imprisonment Penalty over Failure to Pay Mahr

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Iranian lawmakers are to revoke the imprisonment penalty for husbands unable to pay Mahr, the money that husbands undertake to pay their wives on demand based on Islamic law.
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A Gruesome Murder in Anatolia: Details & Speculations

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The murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a dissident Saudi journalist, in Turkey has been front-page news in world media since he was reported to have been killed.
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Iran Wins another Legal Battle against US

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An Italian appeal court has rejected a lawsuit by the US that called for the seizure of $5 billion worth of Iranian assets in Italy, in a second win for Tehran in its legal battle against the US this month.
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“Iran’s Failure to Join CFT to Give US Pretext to Boost Its Pressure”

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The Iranian Foreign Ministry has reiterated the need for Tehran’s accession to the convention on Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), saying the country’s failure to do so will provide the US with the pretext to increase its pressure on the Islamic Republic.
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Iran’s Guardian Council Won’t Be Intimidated by CFT Opponents

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The spokesman for Iran’s legislative watchdog says the body will not be intimidated by opponents of Iran’s joining a UN convention against the financing of terrorism, who have in recent days been pressuring the parliament not to approve the plan.
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Iran Releases English, Arabic Versions of Law on Free Access to Information

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The English and Arabic renditions of the Islamic Republic’s Law on Dissemination of and Free Access to Information have been officially released as part of the government’s efforts to promote Freedom of Information (FOI).
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ICJ Holds First Hearing on Iran’s New Lawsuit against US

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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has begun looking into a lawsuit filed by Iran against the United States back in 2016.
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