Iran Human Rights – A prisoner was executed at Babol Prison on murder charges.
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Iranian Lawyers: Rouhani Government Can Challenge Judiciary’s Ban on Telegram Messaging App
CHRI – Iranian President Has Refused to Directly Counter Ban on Widely Used Social Network Two lawyers in Tehran told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) that the Iranian president has the authority to object to the prosecutor’s order to ban the Telegram messaging app.
Read More »German, French FMs Join Britain To Press Trump On Iran Nuclear Deal
RFL/RE – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is among allies urging the United States to stay in the Iran nuclear deal.
Read More »Iran Convicts 16 Women For ‘Serving IS’
Radiofarda – Sixteen women accused of being Islamic State (IS) militants have been sentenced to prison, Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Ja’fari Dolatabadi announced May 6.
Read More »Reza Shah’s Residence In Mauritius For Sale
Radiofarda – Iran’s Foreign Ministry is set to sell three estates owned by Iran in sub-Saharan Africa, including a previous residence of Reza Shah, who was forced to abdicate the throne by the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941.
Read More »Israeli PM Says Better To Confront Iran Sooner Than Later
Radiofarda – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused Iran of supplying advanced weapons to Syria that pose a danger to Israel, saying it’s better to confront Tehran sooner rather than later.
Read More »Macron Warns Of Risk Of War If Trump Withdraws From Iran Deal
Radiofarda – French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that war could ensue if U.S. President Donald Trump withdraws from the 2015 deal in which Iran agreed to curb its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
Read More »Iran: Young Woman, 15, Suffers Abdominal Bleeding Under Interrogation
Iran-HRM – Ahwazi teen girl suffered gastrointestinal bleeding after being interrogated for 72 days in Sepidar Prison of Ahwaz, southwestern Iran. Fifteen year-old Ma’edeh Shabaninejad is accused of inciting violence through her nationalistic and epical poetry.
Read More »Top Sunni Cleric Speaks Out Against Travel Ban
Radiofarda – The most influential Sunni cleric in Iran, Molavi Abdul-Hamid Ismaeelzahi, has once again called on the Iranian authorities to respect the constitution and end discrimination against minorities.
Read More »Iranian Currency Hits A New Low As Trump Announcement Looms
Radiofarda – Despite government edicts and police pressure foreign currencies keep rising in Iran, as desperate travelers and others try to find U.S. dollars or euros on the black market.
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