Washington Post— Iran’s official news agency says two Iranian companies have signed the country’s biggest-ever car deal with French multinational automobile manufacturer Groupe Renault to produce 150,000 cars, beginning in 2018. IRNA says the deal was signed on Monday in Tehran. The €660 million — or $778 million — deal follows the lifting of international sanctions after Iran’s 2015 nuclear agreement …

RFL/RE – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) have reportedly clashed with a group of militants in the country’s northwest, killing two of them. The Tasnim news agency reported on August 6 that the fighting took place in the province of West Azerbaijan bordering Turkey and Iraq, without specifying when the incident occurred. It quoted the commander of the IRGC’s ground …

Al-Monitor — When Hassan Rouhani first became president in 2013, he had a mentor: two-time President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. At the time, Rouhani’s rivals hinted that the real president would be Rafsanjani, despite the fact that Rouhani had an unrivaled experience in diplomacy and security affairs, alongside his extensive experience in the parliament and his standing as a senior cleric. AUTHOR Ali Hashem Now that Rouhani …

PayvandNews – Tehran metro line 6 is among the four finalists at International Tunneling and Underground Space Association (ITA) Tunneling Awards 2017 in the category of ‘major project of the year’. Tehran metro line 6 is vying against three other major project of Confederation LRT Line in Canada, Delhi Metro Phase 3 Expansion of networks, and Qatar Rail Metro. The winner will receive …

RFL/RE – Iran’s army says four of its servicemen were killed and eight others wounded when a soldier opened fire on his colleagues at a military base. A statement said the incident took place on August 6 at a shooting range in the town of Kahrizak, about 10 kilometers south of Tehran. The semiofficial Mehr news agency reported that the dead …

RFL/RE – Iranian President Hassan Rohani hailed European officials’ presence at his swearing-in ceremony, saying it showed the continent was determined to expand ties with Tehran. Rohani on August 5 also attacked the United States, accusing it of trying to undermine a 2015 nuclear accord and warning President Donald Trump that he was “ripping up” his political life with his policies …

Radiozamaneh – The musicians in Iran are constantly being harassed and mistreated by the conservatives who are in power in judiciaries, especially in religious urban centers. They are now asking Iranian president to stand up for their rights. A year after 600 Iranian musicians wrote a letter to Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, objecting to increasing mistreatment of the music community and …

VOA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was sworn in for his second term Saturday after easily winning the presidential election in May.

Iran Human Rights -Three young prisoners were hanged in Adel Abad Prison, but the Iranian authorities are silent about it. : On the morning of Tuesday August 1, three prisoners in their early twenties were reportedly hanged at Shiraz’s Adel Abad Prison on murder charges. Close sources have identified the prisoners as Abolhassan Abravan, Ata Atazadeh, and Hassan Arefianfar. The prisoners were reportedly …

RFL/RE – As Iranian President Hassan Rohani enters his second term in office, he faces a number of challenges both at home and from abroad. U.S. Pressure And The Nuclear Deal Hassan Rohani begins his second term on August 5 amid an intensification of pressure from Washington, which has accused Tehran of noncompliance with international obligations following recent missile tests and has …