Iran
Tuesday 24 May 2022
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Iran’s mismanagement of water resources by building dams and diverting rivers is depriving Iraq of water.
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"Russia has always been a driving force, not an obstacle in the course of the [Iran nuclear] negotiations."
Under heavy sanctions for attacking Ukraine, Russia is throwing a wrench into negotiations to limit Iran’s nuclear program. -
“Islamic Republic of Iran has made significant progresses in protecting human rights.”
Iran’s regime imposes the death penalty on political enemies and has the most executions per capita. Executions are up, and honor killings go unpunished. -
"Based on the fundamental principles of its foreign policy, the Islamic Republic of Iran opposes both hegemony and submission to hegemony, and gives its backing to the right to all nations to self-determination.”
Iran’s confusing statements on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are explained by the anti-Western strategy it shares with Moscow. -
“440 of the personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are women who play a key role in political, legal, international, and cultural areas.”
Source: Iran Press news agency, January 25, 2022Iran has no female ambassadors. The majority of women serving in Iran’s foreign ministry are tasked with low-level clerical and office assistant positions. -
“Following the air crash, relevant organizations in the Islamic Republic of Iran declared the main cause of the accident and fulfilled their responsibilities and duties with accuracy, transparency and speed.”
After the 2020 shoot down, Iran failed to cooperate with a criminal investigation and even harassed victims’ families. -
“The IAEA Director General has repeatedly stated that he has not seen any deviations in Iran's nuclear program.”
Contrary to Eslami, IAEA Director Rafael Grossi said there are issues with safeguarding Iran’s nuclear program and a deficit in monitoring capacities. -
“During the episode, American forces confiscated the tanker that was carrying a cargo of Iranian oil in the strategic Sea of Oman, transferring its consignment of crude to another vessel.”
Iran did what it falsely accused the U.S. Navy of doing: it took control of a Vietnamese-flagged tanker. -
“The Islamic Republic of Iran is deeply concerned by Israel’s presence in the Caucasus… (Iran) will not accept a map change in the region.”
Only Iran’s ally Russia seems to be changing the map of the Caucasus region. -
"It was expected from the Israelis and Americans to start using [hues and] cries about the current affairs in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman and go for ... false-flag hijacking and unreal stories ..."
Witnesses said the would-be hijackers who boarded the Asphalt Princess demanded that it divert course to Iran. -
“Civil protest is one of the fundamental rights of all members of the (Iran) nation.”
Iran’s outgoing president claims that protest is a guaranteed right for people in Iran, but reports from Khuzestan province about a government crackdown on protesters make his claim false. -
"The crimes of the Europeans in the chemical attack on our country and even on the Iraqis themselves, like in the case of Halabja, were not sued in any courts.”
Hundreds of Western companies were investigated for supplying Iraq’s chemical weapons program. Key figures were convicted and imprisoned for war crimes.