Iran Human Rights – Sina Dehghan (Dehqan), who has been sentenced to death for “insulting prophet Muhammad,” has requested a retrial and his lawyer hopes the request will be approved. According to a close source, Sina Dehghan, who has been sentenced to death for “insulting the prophet” and his verdict has been approved by the Supreme Court, has requested a …

Al-Monitor – Following intense tripartite negotiations, the Iranian government, employers and unions agreed to increase the country’s minimum wage by 19.8%, from 9.29 million rials ($245) per month to 11.14 million rials ($294.50). The deal will see the highest year-on-year growth in real terms since 2002. Workers and labor unions have scored this victory as the Iranian economy still reels …

Radiofarda – Four Iranians were killed in an airstrike on a Syrian airbase near Homs on Sunday, a news agency affiliated with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Fars reported on Monday, April 9.

Radiofarda – Power outages are inevitable next summer across Iran, the country’s energy minister has warned.

Radiofarda – U.S. President Donald Trump and French leader Emmanuel Macron say they will coordinate “a strong, joint response” to a reported chemical attack in Syria’s rebel-held city of Douma that has sparked international outrage. During a phone call on April 8, the two leaders condemned the “horrific” attack and agreed that the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “must …

Radiofarda – A spokesman for the Islamic Republic’s Foreign Ministry denies any connection between the imprisonment of an Iraninan-British mother in Tehran and the UK’s four-decade-old debt to Iran, after Radio Farda aired an interview with her husband alleging the contrary.

Radiofarda – Iran’s currency took another big hit, falling between 6-9 percent on Sunday, extending a slide to a new record low on continued concerns over a return of crippling sanctions if U.S. President Donald Trump carries out his threat to exit a nuclear deal with Tehran. The U.S. dollar jumped to as much as 58,000 rials on the open …

Iran-HRM – prison authorities and the warden of Gohardasht Prison have refused to transfer hunger striking prisoner Hamzeh Darvish to a hospital on March 5 and 6.

Iran-HRM – Ronak Aghaei was transferred to Mahabad Prison on Wednesday, April 4 to serve her six month prison term given to her by the Revolutionary Court.

Iran-HRM – A sermon by Hassan Mosleh, the Friday Prayer Imam of the town of Borazjan in Bushehr was published in the local Khabar-e Junoob newspaper which indicates that he is fundamentally against music. “In our hadiths and traditions, there are numerous disadvantages to listening to music”, he said. “Some of the most important of these damages include nerve imbalance, …