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30 July 2025 - Iran Special Weapons News

  • Sanctioning Facilitators of Iran's Petroleum and Petrochemical Trade US Dept. of State 30 Jul 2025 -- Today, the United States is taking decisive action to disrupt the Iranian regime's ability to fund its destabilizing activities, including its nuclear program, support for terrorist groups, and oppression of its own people.
  • Sanctioning Entities That Have Traded in Iran's Petroleum US Dept. of State 30 Jul 2025 -- The Iranian regime continues to fuel conflict in the Middle East to fund its destabilizing activities. Today, the United States is taking action to stem the flow of revenue that the regime uses to support terrorism abroad, as well as to oppress its own people.
  • Treasury Takes Massive Action Against High-Profile Iranian Network US Treasury 30 Jul 2025 -- Today, in its largest Iran-related action since 2018, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating more than 50 individuals and entities and identifying more than 50 vessels that are part of the vast shipping empire controlled by Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani (Hossein). Hossein—the son of Ali Shamkhani, a top political advisor to the Supreme Leader of Iran—leverages corruption through his father's political influence at the highest levels of the Iranian regime to build and operate a massive fleet of tankers and containerships.
  • Iran Withdraws 'Fake News' Bill After Public Outcry RFE/RL 30 Jul 2025 -- The Iranian government has withdrawn controversial legislation meant to counter fake news after critics charged that it would gut the already restricted freedom of expression in Iran.
  • Iran preparing international legal case over Israeli attacks: Deputy foreign minister IRNA 30 Jul 2025 -- Iran has nearly completed documentation for filing an international legal case over Israeli attacks during a 12-day imposed war in June, a senior Foreign Ministry official said on Wednesday.
  • Iran's deputy FM says Tehran will pursue US-Israeli aggression through legal channels Press TV 30 Jul 2025 -- A senior Iranian official has underscored the Islamic Republic's determination to follow up on the recent US-Israeli aggression on Iranian soil through legal channels.
  • Russia condemns Trump's renewed threat against Iran's nuclear facilities IRNA 30 Jul 2025 -- Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has condemned recent statements by U.S. President Donald Trump, adding that the threats by Trump against Iran, including potential missile strikes and bombings of its nuclear facilities, have raised serious concerns.
  • Iran calls for ceasefire in Gaza and full Palestinian membership in U.N. IRNA 30 Jul 2025 -- Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations Amir Saeed Iravani has announced Iran's firm support for the Palestinian people in realizing their inalienable right to self-determination, and called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire, a just and lasting peace, and full Palestinian membership in the United Nations.
  • Parliament speaker: Gaza has become a 'museum of humanity's crimes' IRNA 30 Jul 2025 -- Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says Gaza has today become a "museum of humanity's crimes" and a "laboratory for testing killing technologies," urging global action to stop the "21st-century Nazism."
  • Lack of accountability emboldens Israel to intensify its crimes: Qalibaf Press TV 30 Jul 2025 -- Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has warned that the international community's failure to hold Israel accountable has emboldened the regime to intensify its crimes, posing a serious threat to world peace.



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