Iran's Saipa automaker is one of the largest manufacturers headquartered in Tehran, Iran. (Supplied) June 4, 2020 Iran has decided to channel one billion dollars from its national reserves to prop up its ailing automakers amid a deep economic crisis gripping the country since 2018. Iran’s National Development Fund (NDF) is a foreign [...]
U.S. State Departmental Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus during a briefing. (US State Departmen) June 4, 2020 The U.S. State Department says the release of an Iranian scientist who was deported from the United States on Tuesday is not part of a prisoner swap. Sirous Asgari who was acquitted of stealing scientific secrets in the [...]
Mohammad Qasemi, the head pf Parliament Research Center addressing the chamber. May 31, 2020. (IRNA) By Behrouz Turani June 4, 2020 In what appears to be candid remarks, Mohammad Qasemi, the head of the Iranian Parliament's Research Center, has painted a bleak picture of Iran economy. He told parliament that structural flaws and weak [...]
Parliament Speaker criticized the government for implementing the "resistance economy" policy, which Supreme Leader insists on applying to confront US sanctions. (REUTERS) June 3, 2020 Conservative MPs summoned Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati and the Chairman of the Planning and Budget Organization, Mohammad Bagher Nobakht, for grilling, starting a pressure [...]
A general view of Bushehr nuclear power plant, 1,200 km (746 miles) south of Tehran. (Reuters) By Simon Henderson June 3, 2020 In the next few days, the latest quarterly report on Iran’s nuclear program by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is expected to become public. It will make headlines even if [...]
An missile is fired from a desert launch site in southern Israel on April 12, 2015. (Getty) June 3, 2020 Israel on Tuesday said it has successfully tested two ballistic missiles in the Mediterranean, amid tensions with Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah. The state-run Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) said the “complex trial... [...]
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa met with Iranian FM Javad Zarif who paid a visit to the country as part of a tour to Latin America, Aug 24, 2016. (Andes) By Stephen Johnson June 3, 2020 Just as Iran’s adventures in the Western Hemisphere were beginning to fade from memory, Iranian passenger jets began landing [...]
A Turkish soldier stands at Iran-Turkey Border. (Reuters) June 3, 2020 Turkey will open its Gurbulak border gate with Iran and the Habur border gate with Iraq this week in order to help boost trade as coronavirus containment measures are eased, Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan said on Wednesday. In an interview with state [...]
A drug addict smokes cigarette at drop-in center and shelter south of Tehran, Iran. (AP) June 3, 2020 "When he saw the bread in my hand, he reached out, grabbed it and ran off. My heart still pounds when I remember it." These are the words of Sedigheh, a woman of about 50. She lives [...]
Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou arrives at a parole office with a security guard in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. (AP) By Steve Stecklow and Babak Dehghanpisheh June 3, 2020 China’s Huawei Technologies acted to cover up its relationship with a firm that had tried to sell prohibited U.S. computer gear [...]
