Category: Iran

US Imposes New Sanctions on Iran Oil Exports, Targets Chinese Firms

WASHINGTON—The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on companies it accused of involvement in Iran’s petrochemical and petroleum trade, including five based in China, pressuring Tehran as it seeks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Washington has increasingly targeted Chinese companies over the export of Iran’s petrochemicals as the prospects of reviving the nuclear…


Poilievre Decries Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Not Being Designated a Terrorist Organization in Canada

As the Iranian regime cracks down on anti-regime protests, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre decried on Sept. 29 that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are not designated as a terrorist entity by Canada. “The government still refuses to list the IRGC, a terrorist organization, as a terrorist body, allowing it to legally operate here in Canada,” said Poilievre…


Iran Terror Designation up to National Security Agencies, Not MPs, Liberals Say

The Liberals say it’s up to national security agencies to decide whether Canada extends its terrorism list to include a branch of Iran’s military. MPs passed a motion in 2018 to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization. The U.S. has put the group on its terror list, but Canada has only…


‘Every One of Us Was a Mahsa’: Iranians in Canada Cut Hair at Women’s Rights Rallies

Azin Rezaeian kneels on the ground and screams “Say her name” each time she snips off a chunk of her long black hair. A crowd around her shouts back “Mahsa Amini,” the 22-year-old woman whose death in Iran has sparked protests like this one around the world. Rezaeian, who moved to Ottawa about a year…


Australia Condemns Iranian Crackdown

Australia has condemned the “deadly and disproportionate use of force” by authorities in Iran against protesters who have flooded the streets across the country following the death in custody of 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini who was arrested by Iran’s morality police for allegedly wearing her hijab incorrectly. Women are required to wear a hijab from…


Canada to Impose Sanctions on Iran’s ‘Morality Police’ Amid Protest Clampdown

Canada will impose sanctions on those involved in the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, including Iran’s so-called “morality police,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says. In a press conference on Sept. 26, Trudeau announced that his government will levy new sanctions on Iran following the death of 22-year-old Amini, and the state’s violent clampdown on…


5 Police Officers Seriously Injured in Clashes Outside Iranian Embassy in UK

At least five police officers were seriously injured and 12 people arrested after a “violent disorder” broke out near the Iranian embassy in London on Sunday, the Metropolitan Police said. Dozens of demonstrators gathered at the embassy on Sunday afternoon, as protests spread across the world following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. Amini died…


Iran Roiled by Protests Amid Mounting Regional Tension

Iran saw several days of violent protests last week, triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died in police custody after being detained for “inappropriate attire.” Dozens have reportedly been killed, including security personnel, in what Iranian state media has described as “foreign-backed riots.” While American officials voice support for the…


Musk Says Activating Starlink, in Response to Blinken on Internet Freedom in Iran

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Friday that he would activate the firm’s satellite internet service, Starlink, in response to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s tweet that the United States took action “to advance internet freedom and the free flow of information” to Iranians. The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday issued guidance expanding internet…


Musk Says Starlink Will Seek Exemption From Iranian Sanctions

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Monday that the company will ask for an exemption from sanctions against Iran to provide the firm’s Starlink satellite broadband service in the country. Musk made the statement on Twitter at a time of widespread protests in Iran over the death of a woman in police custody. Some people…