Radiofarda – An unnamed source affiliated with the Russian Defense Ministry has denied a report by a Kuwaiti daily claiming two of Israel’s F-35 fighter jets flew over Syria and Iraq last week to reach Iranian airspace without being detected by Russian radars based in Syria.
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U.N. Condemns Missile Attacks By Iran-Allied Yemeni Rebels On Saudi Arabia
Radiofarda – The United Nations Security Council condemned missile attacks on Saudi Arabia launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels last weekend and expressed “grave concern” at reports the Houthis obtained the weapons in violation of a UN arms embargo.
Read More »More Than 50 Injured In Double Quake In Iran
Radiofarda – A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has hit western Iran hours before a second quake shook Damavand Province near the capital Tehran, Iranian state media reported on March 31.
Read More »Iran Human Rights Monitor – Monthly Report, March 2018
IRAN-HRM – Iran Human Rights Monitor – Monthly Report
Read More »Water Crisis Spurs Protests In Iran
Radiofarda – A number of protests have broken out in Iran since the beginning of the year over water, a growing political concern due to a drought which residents of parched areas and analysts say has been exacerbated by mismanagement.
Read More »Iran Provincial Cleric Says State TV Annoyed Ethnic Arabs ‘Inadvertently’
Radiofarda – Following several days of demonstrations in Iran’s Khouzestan Province by ethnic Arabs protesting against Iranian state TV for “ignoring Iranian Arabs,” a top cleric in the province’s capital city, Ahvaz, has warned demonstrators to “watch out for the enemy’s sedition and conspiracies.”
Read More »Tehran Likely To Ban Messaging Application Telegram
Radiofarda – Iran is likely to ban the popular messaging application Telegram by the end of the current Iranian month (April 20), the Iranian Parliament’s news agency, ICANA, quoted prominent MP Alaeddin Boroujerdi as saying on March 31.
Read More »Putin, Rouhani, Erdogan To Meet In Turkey On April 4
Radiofarad – Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet on April 4 in Ankara in a summit of the three countries sponsoring a series of Syrian peace talks.
Read More »Millions Of Women ‘Illiterate’ In Iran
Radiofarda – The head of Iran’s Literacy Movement Organization (ILMO) says nearly 2 million women across the country are illiterate.
Read More »Saudi Forces Accuse Iran For Missile Fired By Yemen Rebels
Radiofarda – Saudi-led coalition spokesman Saudi air defenses intercepted a missile fired by Yemeni rebels at the kingdom’s southern city of Najran on Saturday, the Saudi-led coalition fighting the rebels said, adding that one person was wounded.
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