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The department of the Treasury’s office (OFAC) on Friday approved some 35 persons involved in giving funds to Iran as the administration wants to make a deal with Iran on its nuclear weapons program.
A spokesman for the State Department said in a statement that, “The network has looted billions of dollars through Iranian Exchange House and Foreign Front companies, which weaken international peace and security to maintain Tehran’s terror operations and reduce the pockets of governance.”
Meanwhile, tension with Iran continues, with associated press reporting that Western powers are considering a resolution in IAEA that will formally declare Tehran in non-exploitation with their nuclear obligations.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Argchi called the move “strategic mistake” and accused Britain, France and Germany of choosing “fatal action” on diplomacy. “Mark my words as Europe is another major strategic mistake: Iran will react firmly against any violation of its rights,” he wrote on X.
Iran’s Khameni rejected us as its interests ‘against 100%’.
A military truck takes the portrait of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khameni during an annual military parade. (Atta kenare/AFP/Getty Images)
Expecting the next week, the draft proposal, will mark the first time in two decades that the western countries bring such a proposal against Iran in IAEA.
As the US and Iranian dialogues engage in delicate talks, voices from within Iran reveal a serious contradiction: while many citizens strictly seek relief from crushing economic difficulty, they fear that any deal may only tighten the hold on the power of the Islamic Republic.
A female journalist in Tehran said, “Right now, people in Iran have no hope of anything.” “The economy is collapsing. We never have electricity or water. The value of riyal is falling. Life is getting uncontrolled.”
Like many Iranians, they believe that an agreement can temporarily reduce inflation and prevent the country’s economic freefall. But he – and many others – face unexpected results. “If governance reaches a deal, it can be more powerful and more confident in suppressing people. That is what we are afraid of,” he said.
Under the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran has faced growing disturbance at home, which has begun with economic pain, political repression and widespread disbelief. As the conversation moves forward, Iranian citizens are looking closely – but not with optimism.
The picture taken on 15 May 2023 shows the logo of the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria. (Liu xinyu/Xinhua Getty Image)
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“People in Iran are caught in a dilemma,” another Tehran resident said, a person who also requested oblivion. “On the one hand, they want governance to fall. On the other hand, the economic burden is so heavy that any deal offers a relief as a lifeline. But the truth is that even though a deal is signed, the common people will not benefit. We have seen before.”
He pointed to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Action Plan (JCPOA), the Obama-eagon’s nuclear deal, which promised economic benefits, but according to many Iranians, never gave meaningful changes to the public. “Only the people associated with the regime attained anything,” he said. “For the rest of us, life remained the same.”
While Iranian leaders claim that the nuclear program is peaceful, the US and the allied weapons-grade levels are concerned about uranium enrichment levels. Trump has demanded a complete stop for promotion, while Khamenei insists on maintaining it.
“I am a journalist, and we work under extreme censorship,” said the woman in Tehran. “We or Israeli military capabilities are not allowed to mention. We cannot publish anything about talks without approval.”
A model of a missile is performed by Iranian protesters as minarets and the dome of a mosque is seen in the background during an Israeli assembly in the Felstin (Palestine) category. Tehran, in Iran, Monday, April 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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He described a system where state sensors decide what reporters can and cannot say – for vocabulary. “It’s not just material – it is a personal term. And it makes journalism almost impossible.”
In an interview with Fox News Digital, the Iranians expressed deep doubts that Khameni would follow any agreement. “He lies,” the journalist said clearly. “What he says publicly is never what he really does. He manipulates both public and foreign governments. Nobody should trust a dictator like him.”
The man resonated the spirit. “The existence of governance depends on its enmity towards the US and Israel. If it is actually committed to a deal, it will reduce its ideological base. So no one assumes that it can be final.”
Recent months have seen a revival of protest activity in Iran, including a growing nationwide strike by truck drivers, demanding proper wages and low fuel prices. Although there was a large -scale ignorance by the international media, these attacks follow the years of broader protests – the most 2022 “Women, Jeevan, Freedom” revolted with the death of Mahsa Amini in morality police custody.
The movement was found with violent cracks, collective arrests and internet blackouts, with economic performances in 2019 and 2021. The pattern has cautioned the Iranians that any signal of instability is fulfilled with a brutal suppression.
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An Iranian student pointed to truck drivers attacks, which currently see parts of Iran as a sign of unrest at the ground level. “These attacks are a direct message from people,” he said. “They have been ignored to a large extent by the media, but they are powerful and valid. The change begins in this way – if it is allowed.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
