Greece to release Russian tanker amid confusion over sanctions

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Hostages Still Languish In Iranian Prisons Years After Arrests

The families of two of Iran’s hostages will mark the grim anniversaries this weekend of the initial and unjustified arrests of their loved ones by the Iranian regime. Emad Shargi, an Iranian American, was initially arrested by the regime on April 23, 2018. Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian Swede, was first arrested on April 24, 2016.

Tankers tormented: 100 ‘rogue’ ships forced to reflag by US pressure group

A US pressure group has said it has forced 100 tankers and gas carriers to change flags after being suspected of involvement in carrying Iranian ca

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Iran’s new Ambassador to Iraq Mohammad Kazem Al-e Sadeq

Last Monday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced that Mohammad Kazem Al-e Sadeq will become the next Iranian ambassador to Iraq.

Risky Business: Contract Enforcement Guarantees Would Subject Employees To Iranian Criminal Penalties

peaking to reporters at the Munich Security Conference earlier this year, Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told reporters, as Patrick Wintour of The Guardian recalled on “The Iran Podcast”, that if Iran were to agree to restore the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) then Tehran would need a legal guarantee that any business agreements with an Iranian company formed after implementation of the deal would be, as Wintour said, ‘sacrosanct’ and shielded from sanctions.

Greece seizes Russia-flagged tanker laden with Iranian crude

…The vessel was laden with a cargo of Iranian crude around July 2021, according to vessel tracking data and information supplied by United Against

Russian Tanker Seized By Greece Carries Iranian Oil, US Group Claims

…The US advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), which supports US sanctions against Iran and monitor

Greece impounds Russian tanker as part of EU sanctions against Russia

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State Department Reconfirms Iranian Human Rights Abuses

United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) Chairman Senator Joseph I. Lieberman and CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace released the following joint statement following the release of the U.S. Department of State’s Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, which outlined a wide variety of abuses by Iran, including unlawful killings, executions, torture, and political imprisonment, as well as significant restrictions of free expression, the media, religion, and peaceful assembly, among others.