Radiofarda – Nearly 200 members of the European Parliament have issued a statement supporting protesters in Iran, voicing deep concern over the suppression of protests and have demanded action by the EU and the UN.

Reuters – France urged the European Union on Monday to consider new sanctions on Iran over its involvement in Syria’s civil war and its ballistic missile programme, as Paris tries to persuade Washington to preserve a 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran.

Radiofarda – Once more, conservatives in Iran are ramping up pressure on President Hassan Rouhani’s government to block the messaging app Telegram.

Radiofarda – Iran has sentenced to death a supporter of a Sufi leader who rammed a bus into a group of police officers last month, killing three.

Radiofarda – Anyone can tune in to the “frequency” of protests, but some individuals are trying to “jam” the signal, says Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

Mr Salas, who is charged with the murder of the three police officers, received the death sentence today after three consecutive court sessions. Gholam Hossein Ismaili, the head of the General Court of Tehran, said the death sentence of Mohammad Salas was announced today on 19th of March 2018 by the Tehran Penal Court. According to Mehr news agency, if …

Radiofarda – Iran’s former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lambasted the ongoing political deadlock in the country in two strongly worded letters to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Ahmadinejad warned that “Public dissatisfaction with the regime’s performance is serious and extremely high” and quickly engulfing the Islamic Revolution itself. In the letters published on his mouthpiece Dolat-e Bahar website, Ahmadinejad demanded …

Radiofarda – The labor union representing workers of Iran’s Haft Tapeh sugar production complex has announced that four of its members have been put on trial, accused of participating in strikes.

Iran-HRM – According to a Kurdish website, the fate of Farzad Rostami, a Yarsani who was arrested in the recent Kermanshah protests, is not known. According to an informed source, the man from Sarpol-e Zahab, who is a believer in the Yarsanism faith, was arrested on January 1. “His family’s pursuits regarding his whereabouts and condition have been unsuccessful,” the …

Iran-HRM – The Baha’i Golestan-e Javid Cemetery in Kerman was closed down upon judicial orders as of March 15, preventing Baha’is from burying their loved ones in the cemetery. Authorities are citing the law and “hygiene and environmental issues” in issuing the order. This is while according to an announcement in 2015 by judicial officials, at least one city in …