HRANA News Agency – Mohsen Haghshenas, student of Stage Designing at Tehran University, was convicted by Tehran Revolutionary Court on charges of gathering and collusion with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country and disturbing public order by taking part in illegal gatherings, to two years imprisonment. Leila Hossein Zadeh and Sina Rabiei, two other …

CHRI – Six Iranian lawyers have presented a legal challenge to a recent judicial order blocking access in Iran to the widely used Telegram messaging and social media app, Telegram.

Al-Monitor -In Iran, the housing sector — which accounts for a hefty 35% of all household expenses — has since 2011 been in the grip of its worst recession in recent history. Indeed, it was the only sector not to rebound after sanctions were lifted with the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in January 2016. But …

Al-Monitor – Israel today launched its largest barrage of rockets to strike Syria in recent years, claiming to target all of Iran’s military infrastructure in the country. Israeli officials said that the strikes were in response to 20 Iranian rockets that had targeted the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights hours earlier. In recent months, Israel has reportedly been behind attacks on a number of Iranian sites inside …

Iran-HRM – Sepideh Farhan, an architect student was once again summoned to court on charges of “collusion against the establishment”.

Iran-HRM -The head of judiciary openly defended the blockage of Telegram. He admitted that Iranian regime’s officials expect that this network would cooperate with them.

Radiofarda – Outspoken MP Ali Motahari and a number of other Iranian political figures have criticized setting fire to a picture of the US flag and a copy of the nuclear agreement (JCPOA) at the Majles session on Wednesday May 9, the morning after US President Donald Trump announced the United States’ pullout from the nuclear deal with Iran.

Radiofarda – Following the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear accords and the military escalation in Syria, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has reiterated Moscow’s support for the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Radiofarda – Experts from Iran’s Intelligence Ministry have confirmed there is no evidence that a group of environmental activists arrested in January were engaging in espionage as accused.

Radiofarda – Prince Reza Pahlavi, the son of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, has reacted to the US pullout from the Iran nuclear deal with a tweet published shortly after the announcement of the withdrawal.