(Reuters) – At least seven ships caught fire in Iran’s Bushehr port, the Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday, in what appears to be the latest in a series of fires and explosions across the country, some of which have affected sensitive sites. Smoke rises from burning ships in the …
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Tehran, Iran – Iran executed a former defense ministry employee who was convicted of spying on behalf of the United States Central Intelligence Agency, the country’s judiciary said on Tuesday. It was the second such execution in the last month. The report says that Reza Asgari was executed last week. …
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LONDON / WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Several companies that certify that ships are in a position to sail and ship insurers have withdrawn services to oil tankers involved in the Venezuelan oil trade as the United States targets the maritime industry to tighten sanctions on the Latin American country. FILE PHOTO: …
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GENEVA (Reuters) – The US drone attack in January in Iraq that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and nine other people represented a violation of international law, a UN human rights investigator said Monday. FILE PHOTO: A supporter of Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah takes photos of the late …
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Iranian authorities improved the impact of a fire on the Natanz nuclear facility, and now rated the damage as “significant” after previously downplaying it as “limited”. Iran says it is not yet clear what caused the fire, which is one of several unusual events at the facility in recent weeks. …
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