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EU UNDECIDED ON US THREAT AGAINST NUCLEAR ACCORD   JCPOA’s European parties have not taken a position on the US strategy to push for the extension of a UN arms embargo on Iran so far while Russia and China have already expressed their opposition The European Union foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said the bloc still needs to consider the United States’ demand of extending Iran’s soon-to-expire arms ban and […]

ANNOUNCEMENT Karimi Law Firm & Associates proudly announce its collaboration with MAGOP law firm in Portugal. This will enable us to provide legal services for Iranian who live in Portugal and for those who want to immigrate to Portugal. The bilateral cooperation of this two law firms intend to facilitate service delivery for Iranian. Iranian residents of Portugal can file their legal case jointly with our law firms. This is

Karimi & Associates Law Firm represents according to Jurist: In a bid to disrupt the country’s flourishing ecosystem of online disinformation, Philippines lawmakers approved a key provision in the proposed Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card Registration Act mandating that social media accounts are created using a legal name and phone number. In a country with a history of online trolling, disinformation, and the use of anonymous social media accounts, the act was

Karimi & Associates Law Firm represents according to Jurist: Google filed a motion to dismiss the antitrust complaint that was filed against the company by a coalition of state attorneys. The motion denied the allegation that Google colluded with Facebook to manipulate programmatic ad markets in a collaborative project codenamed “Jedi Blue.” The suit claimed that the project intended to limit ad header bidding practices and alleged that publishers are forced to

INCREASE IN NUMBER OF IRANIAN PORT CAPACITY IN 2021 Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization announced that the nominal capacity of commercial ports will increase to 264 million tons by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2021). “This would register a 7.3% rise compared with last year’s figure that stood at 246 million tons,” Mohammad Rastad, the head of the organization, was quoted as saying by IRNA. “We

MAYOR ORDERS TERMINATION OF 4 OFFICERS AFTER BLACK MAN DIED FROM POLICE RESTRAINT IN TACOMA, WASHINGTON People listen during a vigil for Manuel Ellis, a black man whose March death while in Tacoma Police custody was recently found to be a homicide, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiners Office, near the site of his death on June 3, 2020 in Tacoma, Washington. The mayor of Tacoma, Washington, has told

THE WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL PASSPORTS Not all passports employ the same freedoms for those who carry them. The Henley Passport Index has again named Japan as having the world’s most powerful passport.  Japanese passport holders have visa-free access or visa-on-arrival access to an impressive 191 countries. Singapore is in second place with 190 destinations. Then comes South Korea with 189 visa-free travel jurisdictions. French, German, Finnish, Luxembourgian, and Italian passports all follow

IBA (INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION) PRESIDENT RATIFIES CLIMATE CRISIS STATEMENT The IBA President, Horacio Bernardes Neto, ratified the IBA Climate Crisis Statement, highlighting that ‘the legal profession must be prepared to play a leading role in maintaining and strengthening the rule of law, and supporting responsible enlightened governance in an era marked by climate crisis’. The Statement reaffirms the IBA’s commitment to assist the global legal community to promote and protect

WHY FOREIGN NATIONAL CHOOSE CYPRUS?  Aiming to increase the overall competitiveness and fairness of the tax system for foreign nationals, the Cyprus government introduced the concepts of ‘domicile’ and ‘non-domicile’ (Non-Dom) through an amendment of the Special Contribution for the Defence of the Republic of Cyprus Law of 2002 (SDC Law) in July of 2015.  The Aspen Trust Group explores how the Non-Dom rules of Cyprus are the leading factors contributing to a rise

EUROPE TELLS U.S.: WE WON’T BACK UNILATERAL IRAN SANCTIONS SNAPBACK – Britain, France and Germany said on Friday they would not back U.S. efforts to unilaterally trigger the reposition of United Nations sanctions on Iran, but said they wanted talks with Tehran over its ongoing violations of a 2015 nuclear accord. Under Iran’s 2015 deal with world powers to accept limits to its nuclear programme in return for the lifting