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Iran news in brief, June 28, 2019



Iran news in brief, June 28, 2019

Macron Says He Warned Rouhani About Breaking Nuclear Commitments
French President Emmanuel Macron told the Iranian Regime’s President Hassan Rouhani that leaving the 2015 nuclear deal, or any signals that suggested Tehran would break the accord, would be a mistake.
"I had a conversation with President Rouhani a couple of days ago and I indicated that any exit from the accord would be an error and any signals in that direction would be an error," Macron told reporters.

Germany-Iran Trade Collapses Under US Sanctions
Trade between Germany and the Iranian regime has collapsed under the impact of United States sanctions, data published by Funke newspapers showed.
Data from the German Chamber of Commerce showed that trade volumes between Tehran and Europe’s largest economy were down 49 percent over the first four months of the year compared to the same period in 2018, with volumes continually declining.
The fall – to a total volume of 529 million euros – shows the impact of sanctions, imposed by the US administration.

Five Prisoners Executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj
The Iranian regime hanged five prisoners on Wednesday in Karaj.
The five inmates were executed at dawn in Gohardasht Prison.
According to reports, several other prisoners are on the verge of execution.

Infant Son’s Mother Sentenced to Death in Iran
A death sentence was upheld on June 24 for Soghra Khalili, incarcerated in the Central Prison of Sanandaj.
She has been imprisoned for seven years in the prison in the capital of Iranian Kurdistan Province.
Soghra was born in 1983 in the village of Bisara. She has an infant son and another son in his teens.

Senior Iranian Clerics Reject Negotiations With the US
“To negotiate means to surrender,” ultra-conservative senior Iranian cleric Ahmad Khatami said on Thursday, claiming that the US President is “desperate” to bring the Iranian regime to the negotiating table to win the next presidential elections.
“Today, to negotiate with America means to surrender...,” said the senior member of the regime’s Assembly of Experts. His remarks were carried by state media.
Meanwhile, the Iranian Regime’s Judiciary Chief, Ebrahim Raisi, also expressed his opposition to any Iran-US negotiations, saying that Supreme Leader Khamenei has repeatedly explained in his speeches that “negotiations [with the US] have no benefits for us.”

Iran Regime Threatens U.S. Allies World Over
The Secretary of the Iranian Regime’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani threatened U.S. allies in the region and the world that they would be targeted by the regime if tensions rise between the regime and the US.
He also warned that U.S. sanctions imposed on the regime’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, could lead to the mobilization of people across the globe who he claimed “are in love with the Islamic Revolution” – i.e. the regime’s terror cells abroad.
Shamkhani warned Western countries that their approach to the regime could lead to the collapse of the new world order.

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