#USA #Iran #WashingtonDC #SANCTIONS

Under Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act 2021, the US State Department has placed a travel ban on Ali Hemmatian and Masoud Safdari,
who are identified as interrogators of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. They are accused of “gross human rights violations,” including torture and/or barbaric, inhuman,
or degrading treatment or punishment of political detainees detained during protests in Iran in 2019 and 2020. Their immediate family members may also be refused admission to the United States.
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Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programmes Appropriations Act 2021:
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#BREAKING NEWS #LEAK

#EU #BRUSSEL #WEAPONES

It is a change in EU security policy: With a specially created budget outside the EU budget, arms and ammunition deliveries to third countries are to be possible for the first time. The "European Peace Facility" (EPF).
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49 km WSW of Bolitoc, #Philippines

#フィリピン、ボリトックの西南西49 km

Depth 10Km
深さ: 10km

2021/03/11| 07:24:37UTC
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(Seismograph -> offline)
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