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Iran has further increased its total stockpile of uranium, UN nuclear watchdog report says - El Paso Inc.

Iranian media have reported an increase in the Misery index over the past year in 25 provinces of Iran.

The economic website Eco Iran has announced in a report that in the fall of 2023, the misery index across the country was 52 units.

According to Eco Irans report, this fall, the Misery level in urban areas was 52.3 units, while in rural areas, it was 51.7 units, indicating a 0.6-unit higher Misery rate in cities compared to villages.

The report indicates that the highest level of Misery is in the cities of Lorestan province with 64.2 units.

Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Yazd, and Sistan and Baluchestan are other provinces with the highest Misery levels in their cities.

On the other hand, the lowest Misery level is in the cities of Tehran province with 44.5 units.

The misery index reflects the difficulty of the economic situation in society, derived from the total inflation and unemployment rates.

Some experts believe that the misery index is distant from the actual situation in Iran because the compilation of inflation and unemployment statistics in Iran involves manipulation of numbers and economic definitions by government institutions. Therefore, independent experts always consider the real situation to be more severe than the figures announced by government institutions.

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Misery Index Increase in 25 Provinces of Iran - Iran Focus

KARACHI Just months after carrying out tit-for-tat attacks across the Pakistan-Iran border, Tehran and Islamabad are trying to get the stagnant Iran-Pakistan natural gas pipeline moving. This week, Pakistans Cabinet Committee on Energy has been finalizing the construction of an 50-mile patch of the pipeline from the Iranian border to the Pakistani port city of Gwadar.

Initially conceived as the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline under plans laid in 1994, it became a bilateral project between Iran and Pakistan after India dropped out in 2008 amid increasing US sanctions on Iran.

Completed on the Iranian side, the pipeline extends nearly 700 miles from the Pars Special Economic Energy Zone to Iranshahr and Bushehr Fars, Kerman, Hormozgan and ends in the Sistan and Baluchestan province on the Pakistan-Iran border. From there on, the pipeline would stretch an additional 500 miles across the Pakistani provinces of Baluchistan and Sindh.

But Islamabad was unable to proceed with the project due to sanctions and financing challenges, despite pledges made in two agreements it had signed in 2009 and 2019. Islamabad was due to complete its section of the pipeline in February-March of this year, or else face a hefty penalty of $18 billion to be paid to Iran. But Tehran has given Islamabad until September 2024 to complete the nearly 500-mile section on Pakistans side.

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Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline gets a reset, can it overcome sanctions? - Al-Monitor

Feb. 15, 2024 Release Number 20240215 - 02 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TAMPA, Fla. A U.S. Coast Guard cutter, forward deployed to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility, seized advanced conventional weapons and other lethal aid originating in Iran and bound to Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen from a vessel in the Arabian Sea on Jan. 28.

The U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class fast-response cutter USCGC Clarence Sutphin Jr (WPC 1147), assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, located the vessel, and boarded it in the Arabian Sea. The boarding team discovered over 200 packages that contained medium-range ballistic missile components, explosives, unmanned underwater/surface vehicle (UUV/USV) components, military-grade communication and network equipment, anti-tank guided missile launcher assemblies, and other military components.

The direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer of such aid violates U.N. Security Council Resolution 2216 (as extended and renewed by resolutions 2675 and 2707).

This is yet another example of Irans malign activity in the region, said Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, CENTCOM commander. Their continued supply of advanced conventional weapons to the Houthis is in direct violation of international law and continues to undermine the safety of international shipping and the free flow of commerce.

CENTCOM is committed to working with our allies and partners to counter the flow of Iranian lethal aid in the region by all lawful means including U.S. and U.N. sanctions and through interdictions.

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The Department of Justice today completed enforcement of a final order for forfeiture of a U.S.-manufactured Boeing 747 cargo plane, previously owned by Mahan Air, a sanctioned Iranian airline affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp-Qods Force (IRGC-QF), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).

On Feb. 11, the government of Argentina transferred physical custody of the aircraft to the United States pursuant to the final order of forfeiture, which was issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on May 3, 2023, which rests all right, title, and interest in the aircraft in the United States of America. The Boeing 747 cargo plane arrived in the Southern District of Florida where it will be prepared for disposition.

The seized American-built aircraft was transferred by a sanctioned Iranian airline in a transaction that violated U.S. export control laws and directly benefited the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is a designated terrorist organization, said Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the Justice Departments National Security Division. The Justice Department is committed to ensuring that the full force of U.S. laws deny hostile state actors the means to engage in malign activities that threaten our national security.

Mahan Air known to ferry weapons and fighters for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Hizballah violated our export restrictions by selling this airplane to a Venezuelan cargo airline. Now, its property of the United States government, said Assistant Secretary of Export Enforcements Matthew S. Axelrod. This seized airplanes arrival in the United States is a powerful example of our unceasing efforts to prevent Iran and its proxies from leveraging and profiting from U.S. technology.

The United States forfeiture of the Boeing 747 cargo plane culminates over 18 months of planning, coordination, and execution by the United Statesgovernmentand our Argentine counterparts, saidU.S.AttorneyMarkenzy Lapointefor the Southern District of Florida.Bad actors both near and far are on alert that the United States will use all its tools to hold those who violateourlawsto account. The successful seizure of the Boeing 747 underscores ourcommitment to prevent the illegal exportation of U.S. technologies and enforce U.S. exportcontrollaws.

Using a whole-of-government approach, we have worked with our international partners to forfeit a plane transferred by Iranian entities in violation of U.S. sanctions and export control laws, said U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves for the District of Columbia. Foreign adversaries seeking to illegally use American-made products to further their endeavors need to know that the United States government will work with the international community to hold them accountable for their illegal conduct.The United States appreciates the collaboration with our Argentinian law enforcement and judicial partners.

The transfer of this plane to U.S. custody is the final step in the long process to bring this case to its rightful conclusion, said Executive Assistant Director Larissa L. Knapp of the FBI's National Security Branch The FBI, along with our federal government and international partners, used every tool under our authorities to hold the Iranian government and their affiliates accountable for violating U.S. laws.

The plane was previously detained by Argentine law enforcement. On July 19, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a seizure warrant for the aircraft, which Argentine authorities promptly enforced. On Oct. 20, 2022, in support of its ongoing criminal investigation, the United States filed a civil forfeiture complaint alleging that the aircrafts transfer from Mahan Air to Empresa de Transporte Areocargo del Sur, S.A. (EMTRASUR), a Venezuelan cargo airline and subsidiary of ConsorcioVenezolano deIndustriasAeronuticas yServiciosAreos, S.A (CONVIASA), a Venezuelan state-owned company, violated U.S. export control laws. As alleged, Mahan Air was subject to a Department of Commerce Temporary Denial Order, which prohibited, among other things, Mahan Air from engaging in any transactions involving any commodity exported from the United States that is subject to the Export Administration Regulations. The complaint further alleged that the unauthorized transfer of this aircraft directly benefited the IRGC-QF.

According to court documents, the registered captain of the aircraft was an ex-commander for the IRGC and a shareholder and member of the board of a second sanctioned Iranian airline, Qeshm Fars Air, affiliated with the IRGC-QF. Argentinian law enforcement also recovered a Mahan Air flight log documenting the aircrafts flights after the unlawful transfer to EMTRASUR and confirmed additional violations of U.S. export control laws between February and May 2022 when EMTRASUR reexported the aircraft between Caracas, Venezuela; Tehran, Iran; and Moscow, Russia, without U.S. Government authorization.

This matter is being investigated by the Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Securitys Miami Field Office and the FBI Miami Field Office.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Rajbir Datta for the District of Columbia, Assistant U.S. Attorney Andy R. Camacho for the Southern District of Florida, and Trial Attorney Alexander Wharton of the National Security Divisions Counterintelligence and Export Control Section are handling the seizure and investigation, with assistance from Paralegal Specialist Brian Rickers and Legal Assistant Jessica McCormick. Senior Trial Attorney John Beasley and Trial Attorney Jesse Ormsby of the Justice Departments Office of International Affairs; Special Agent Adam Mastriani and Task Force Officer Robert Cunniff of the FBI Miami Field Office; and Ricardo Hernandez of the FBIs Legal Attach in Buenos Aires provided significant assistance in working with the Argentine authorities, led by Argentine Federal Judge Federico Villena and the U.S. Marshals Service to manage the difficult logistics and coordination of the physical transfer of the Boeing aircraft from Argentina to the United States.

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Former Iranian-Owned Boeing Aircraft Successfully Returned to the United States - Department of Justice