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Tanker Trackers: Vessel Grounded in the Strait of Hormuz Belongs to Iran's Oil Smuggling Network
5+ hour, 32+ min ago (295+ words) Maritime monitoring firm Tanker Trackers responded to Iranian regime media claims that a vessel had "run aground" after sailing outside a route designated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), stating that the ship is part of the "Shamkhani smuggling…...
Iranian Regime Parliament Speaker: No Access Will Be Granted to Bombed Sites
5+ hour, 32+ min ago (497+ words) Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian regime's Majlis (parliament) and head of the Iranian regime's negotiating team, claimed that inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will not be allowed access to nuclear facilities that were bombed…...
Iran's Negative Economic Growth: From Statistical Manipulation to the Collapse of Investment
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (444+ words) Inflation in Iran and the Limits of What an Agreement with the United States Can Achieve Statistics from the Central Bank of Iran and the Statistical Center of Iran show that economic growth in 2025, including oil, ranged between -0. 7% and 0. 2%. However,…...
Iraq Sets September 30 as Deadline for Disarmament of Iranian Regime-Backed Militia Groups
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (624+ words) Iraqi government spokesperson Haider al-Aboudi announced on Monday, June 29, that the government has given Shiite armed groups backed by the Iranian regime until September 30 this year to surrender their weapons. The announced deadline coincides with the end of the U. S. -led…...
The 'No To Executions Tuesdays' campaign has entered its 127th week
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (131+ words) The machinery of execution and repression of the ruling authoritarian government continues to operate, and on a daily basis political prisoners and prisoners convicted of ordinary crimes are being executed across the country. Iran: 304 Executions in One Month, 1, 735 In 2025 So…...
Escalating Iran-US Conflict Cuts Strait of Hormuz Traffic, Lifts Oil Prices
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (515+ words) Oil Prices Rise and Ship Traffic Through the Strait of Hormuz Declines Following Tensions Between Iran and the United States. New shipping data show that vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz declined again on Saturday and Sunday of the…...
Sixty-two Members of the Iranian Regime's Assembly of Experts Call for Keeping the Strait of Hormuz Closed
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (229+ words) In the 10-point statement, the signatories described U. S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as "Mahdur al-Dam" (one whose blood may be shed with immunity) and claimed that killing them "is obligatory for every obligated Muslim who gains…...
Workers and Retirees in Iran Once Again Protest Over Living Conditions
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (289+ words) Retirees and workers held protest gatherings and marches in several cities across Iran on Sunday, June 28, once again demanding that their labor-related and livelihood grievances be addressed. New Wave of Protests Across Various Iranian Cities The gathering took place as…...
Bread Prices Rise Again in Tehran; Fresh Pressure on Household Budgets
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (372+ words) With the implementation of new bread prices in Tehran on Saturday, June 27, a new wave of concern has emerged over increasing economic pressure on low-income households and the working class. As bread is considered the primary staple food for a…...
Economics and Ethics in Iran; From Poverty to the Commodification of the Human Body
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (595+ words) The economy affects more than people's income, employment, or purchasing power; it can also penetrate the deepest layers of social and ethical life. When economic pressures drive people toward choices they would never have accepted under normal circumstances, economics and…...