RFL/RE – U.S. President Donald Trump’s Republican allies in Congress are moving to block his deal to put Chinese telecom giant ZTE back in business if it pays $1 billion more in fines for violating U.S. sanctions against Iran.

Al-Monitor – In May 2016, the Reformist Hope faction participated in its first intra-parliamentary vote, for speaker, a few months after its overwhelming victory in legislative elections. Mohammad Reza Aref, head of the List of Hope, a coalition of Reformists and moderates supporting President Hassan Rouhani, lost his bid for the speakership. Instead, Ali Larijani, the conservative who had long …

Al-Monitor – In an indirect criticism of the United States and the G-7 summit, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif boasted of a successful meeting at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, which China hosted.

Radiofarda – Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for the Iran nuclear deal to be “earnestly” implemented as he met the country’s president following the US withdrawal from the pact, state media said Monday.

Radiofarda  – Iran’s supreme leader has sought to clarify his position on Israel after being accused of threatening its destruction. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted by the official IRNA news agency late Sunday as saying the Mideast conflict should be resolved through a popular referendum among “all real Palestinians, including Muslims, Jews and Christians” who trace their roots back to …

Radiofarda – The Iranian Parliament has postponed talks on joining the UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crimes (UNTOC) for two months, the Tasnim news agency reported on June 10.

Radiofarda – For Iran, the so-called “Axis of Evil” has boiled down to a party of one, as President Donald Trump prepares for direct talks with North Korea.

Iran-HRM – Dr. Nazila Nouri, a member of Gonabadi Dervish community who has been recently hospitalized in Tehran, is under pressure by prison security guards to wear handcuffs and shackles, otherwise, she would be returned to prison.

Iran-HRM – Seven million: That’s how many children are involved in the worst forms of child labor in Iran, including prostitution, handling of hazardous materials, and heavy labor. On the World Day Against Child Labor, Iran HRM reports on the situation of child laborers in Iran.

Iran-HRM – What has happened to Arjang? Political prisoner Arjang Davoudi, who is detained in the notorious Zahedan Prison, has disappeared after he gave a message from prison since April 8, 2018 about going on hunger strike in protest to being denied “fresh air and sun”. Neither his family nor his friends are aware of his whereabouts.