Nuclear watchdog censures Iran over uranium traces – diplomats
Iran has been censured for not fully answering the global nuclear watchdog’s questions about uranium traces found at three undeclared sites, diplomats say.
BBC, June 8, 2022
The International Atomic Agency’s board passed a resolution by the US, UK, France and Germany that urges Tehran to co-operate with its probe.
The IAEA’s director general said it had not received “credible” explanations for the presence of uranium particles.
Iran has said they could have been planted in an “act of sabotage”.
The resolution – the first against Iran since June 2020 – expresses “profound concern that the safeguards issues related to these three undeclared locations remain outstanding due to insufficient substantive co-operation by Iran”. It also urges the country to “act on an urgent basis to fulfil its legal obligations”. Read More
Iran rebels take down regime websites, security cameras amid protests
Protests in Iran have surged amid prices hikes and a building collapse
Fox News, June 2, 2022
Iranian dissidents took credit on Thursday for the reported hacking of thousands of surveillance cameras around Tehran and dozens of government websites, as rebels ramp up their efforts against the regime amid massive anti-government protests.
The Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK) claimed it had taken down 5,000 cameras around the capital and hit 150 municipality websites as part of a sweeping cyberattack to coincide with the anniversary of the death of Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The Associated Press reported that Iran state media acknowledged the disruption to cameras — including around Khomenei’s mausoleum – and communication systems used by the city. Read More
Iranian Retirees Continue Protests for Third Day
Iran News Update, June 8, 2022
On Wednesday, June 8, 2022, thousands of retirees and pension recipients affiliated with the Social Security Organization continued their protests in at least ten provinces for the third day. “Death to [regime president Ebrahim] Raisi,” “Raisi; death to your deception,” and “We can only obtain our rights on the tarmac,” chanted retirees outside government offices.
“Retirees rallied and marched in Tehran, Yazd, Ahvaz, Zanjan, Arak, Karaj, Kermanshah, Kerman, Rasht, and Khorramabad cities, protesting the regime for plundering their rights and indifference toward their rightful demands,” the Iranian opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran stated. Read More
Khamenei blames Iran unrest on ‘enemies’ out to overthrow Islamic Republic
Reuters, June 4, 2022
June 4 (Reuters) – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday blamed recent protests in Iran on foreign “enemies” seeking to overthrow the Islamic Republic.
He also said the United States and its allies were waging a “psychological war” against Iran by accusing it of piracy for seizing two Greek ships after the United States confiscated Iranian oil from a tanker.
“Today, the enemies’ most important hope for striking a blow at the country is based on popular protests,” Khamenei said, referring to week-long protests over the collapse of a building in southwestern Iran last month that killed 37 people. Read More
Rights Group Says Iranian Authorities Held Mass Execution Last Week, 12 People Were Hanged
Radio Farda, June 8, 2022
The Norway-based Iran Human Rights watchdog says it has found evidence that 12 people convicted of murder or drug-related charges had their punishments meted out in a mass execution on June 6 in the southeast city Zahedan.
In a statement dated June 7, the group said 11 men and one woman were hanged en masse a day earlier in the main prison in Zahedan.
Halush, a local source covering Sunni and ethnic minorities in the Sistan-Baluchistan Province where Zahedan is located, said six of the executed prisoners were charged with drug-related offenses. All were from Zahedan.
According to Halush, the other six were executed on “murder” charges, but no details are available on their cases. Read More
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Iranian passenger train derails, killing at least 17
CNN, June 8, 2022
(CNN)At least 17 people were killed and 50 more injured after a passenger train derailed in eastern Iran early Wednesday morning, the Iranian Red Crescent said on Twitter.
Twenty-two rescue teams, 10 ambulances and three helicopters were deployed after five train cars derailed at 5.30 a.m. local time near the city of Tabas. The injured were transported to nearby cities for treatment, according to state media. The death toll is expected to rise due to the severity of the injuries, Iranian state media outlet IRNA quoted south Khorasan governorate official Seyyed Abolhassan Mirjalili as saying. Read more
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