Iran

The Islamic Republic has threatened to shut down the Strait of Hormuz, one of the busiest waterways for exporting oil from the Middle East to global economies.

Nasrin Sotoudeh, an imprisoned Iranian lawyer and human rights activist has been sentenced to 33 years in Jail, her husband told IRNA, Iran’s state media on Tuesday.

Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran dismissed the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) security commander, Ali Nasiri after classified information was leaked, confidential sources told Avatoday on Saturday.

According to tanker data, crude oil exports from Iran decreased to its lowest daily output in April as consumers prepare to limit buying before the United States prepares to place even more restrictions on Iranian shipments in May, as reported by Reuters.

Instagram, Facebook and Twitter accounts of Iranian commanders including Major General Qassem Soleimani from Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps have been blocked on Tuesday after US designation of the organization as a terrorist group.

A prominent Iranian scholar called upon Tehran to target Saudi Arabia’s oil export line to the Red Sea in response to the US government’s recent designation of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a “foreign terrorist group.”

The Iranian Intelligence agency known as Etelaat has reportedly arrested 25 Arab activists on Sunday who were building a wall to prevent water from entering their farms and villages in flood-stricken areas in Khuzestan, southwest of the country.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has deployed a number of pro-Iranian Iraqi militias of Hashd al-Shaabi, aimed at suppressing protesters in Ahvaz, confidential sources confirmed to Avatoday on Saturday.

A fire broke out at a refinery in Iran’s southern port of Bandar Abbas on Saturday and according to the state media there were no human casualties.

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) arrested several tour leaders in Shiraz on Saturday April 6th, local sources told Avatoday.