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Iran news in brief, April 24, 2019



Iran news in brief, April 24, 2019

Oil Eases as Supplies Adequate for Now, Despite Iran Sanctions
Global oil markets are adequately supplied and spare production capacity remained at comfortable levels, the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday, while highlighting the need to avoid higher oil prices amid fragile global economic growth.
The agency’s comments come against the backdrop of the United States tightening its sanctions on leading oil producer Iran.
on Tuesday White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said:  President Donald Trump’s decision to end all waivers that allowed importers of oil from Iran to avoid economic sanctions will not result in higher oil prices.
Kudlow said during an appearance at the National Press Club: “I don’t see any palpable impact. The world is awash with oil,”.

Saudi Calls for Pressure on Iran After U.S. Ends Oil Exemptions
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday called for international pressure to be kept up on Tehran after a US decision to end sanction exemptions for Iran's oil customers.
The latest US move was a "necessary step" to hold Iran responsible for its "destabilizing policies and support for terrorism", Saudi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.
He added the kingdom was keen on "the need for continued international efforts to (compel) the Iranian regime to abide by international laws and stop interfering in other countries' internal affairs".

Imprisoned University Student Starts Hunger Strike for Lack of Medical Care
Imprisoned university student Mojtaba Dadashi has started a hunger strike since April 23, in protest against the denial of urgently needed medical care, including for respiratory tract infection he has been suffering since last week.
Mojtaba Dadashi was in the last semester of his undergraduate studies in political science at Hakim Sabzevari University in Sabzevar, Khorasan Razavi Province, began serving a three-year sentence on April 13, 2019, on the charges of “insulting the leader,” “spreading propaganda against the state” and “insulting the heads of the three branches of state.”
These charges stemmed from the video in which Dadashi had criticized the Iranian government.
“This regime is neither Islamic, nor a republic, nor revolutionary,” Dadashi said in the video addressing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, an elite branch of the Iranian military, and members of the Basij paramilitary force. “This regime is ruled by a minority that has sucked the blood out of this country for 40 years.”

Call to Designate Syria's Assad Forces as Terrorists After the IRGC FTO Designation
The Lawyers League of Syria on Sunday called for the terrorist designation of the Syrian regime forces, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, for their involvement in war crimes against non-combatant and Syrian civilians during the eight-year war.
The League considers the Syrian military and paramilitary forces similar to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, which was designated as an FTO by the US State Department last week.
The Syrian Lawyers League states that the Iranian and Syrian regimes are strategic partners in supporting terrorism across the Middle East and beyond. They are also the financier of terrorist organizations, including the Lebanese Hezbollah and other terrorist and extremist groups in Iraq.
The presence of the IRGC in Syria and its support for the Assad military has resulted in the death of nearly half a million civilians and has made more than 11 million people homeless.
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