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\u2022 EU extends rights sanctions on Iranian regime<\/strong><\/p>\n BRUSSELS. The European Union extended sanctions on Iran over human rights violations on Thursday, as the bloc prepared for a clash over whether to impose a new set of penalties in the hope of safeguarding a nuclear deal with the Islamic republic.<\/p>\n \u2022 Iran Regime Hangs Man in His Thirties<\/strong><\/p>\n A prisoner identified as Omid Damani, 33, was hanged on April 10, in Kerman Prison, central Iran. No information is available about the charges he faced.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u2022 Anti-regime Protest in Ziar, Central Iran, on Wednesday<\/strong><\/p>\n New anti-regime protests took place on Wednesday in Ziar, central Iran, after a local resident identified only as Ismail was arrested by the regime during a farmers’ protest in nearby Isfahan. Protests have been ongoing for weeks over the drying up of Zayanderud River due to the regime’s ecological policies. The protesters in Ziar lit tires in the middle of the streets and chanted slogans including “Farmers’ rights have been betrayed for 18 years.”<\/p>\n \u2022 U.S. Treasury Signals \u2018Very Strong\u2019 New Sanctions on Iran Regime Coming<\/strong><\/p>\n U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin signaled on Wednesday Washington may impose \u201cvery strong\u201d sanctions on the Iranian regime as President Donald Trump seeks to renegotiate a multinational accord that curbs Tehran\u2019s nuclear program. Mnuchin, testifying before a House appropriations subcommittee, said there will be \u201cprimary and secondary sanctions\u201d against Iran’s regime, referring to penalties for Tehran and entities that do business with it. Speaking to reporters after the hearing, Mnuchin said he was referring both to a possible fresh round of sanctions, as well as the return of previous sanctions that have been periodically waived as part of the nuclear deal, Bloomberg reported.<\/p>\n \u2022 Saudi Air Defenses Intercept 3 Iran-backed Houthi Ballistic Missiles<\/strong><\/p>\n Saudi air defenses intercepted on Wednesday three ballistic missiles fired by the Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen.<\/p>\n The missiles were directed towards the capital Riyadh and cities of Jizan and Najran.<\/p>\n There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.<\/p>\n Last month, one man was killed in Riyadh by debris after the military shot down a flurry of missiles, the first casualty of the Yemen war in the Saudi capital.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" • EU extends rights sanctions on Iranian regime BRUSSELS. The European Union extended sanctions on Iran over human rights violations on Thursday, as the bloc prepared for a clash over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":50978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[178],"class_list":{"0":"post-24603","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-a-world","8":"tag-save"},"yoast_head":"\n