Radiofarda – Store owners at Tehran’s Grand Bazaar closed their shops Monday morning, June 25, in protest to the dramatic rise in the rate of exchange of foreign currencies that have adversely affected the market and made prices unaffordable for buyers.
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Hardline Prosecutor Lashes Out As Women Demand Presence In Stadiums
Radiofarda – Iran’s hardline Prosecutor-General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri denounced the presence of women in Tehran’s main football stadium Azadi saying he was “ashamed” of telling what has taken place there.
Read More »WATCH: Hundreds protest failed economic policies in Tehran as Iran riyal plunges
Al-Arabia – Videos have surfaced across social media showing hundreds of protesters in Iran’s Tehran Bazaar on Monday, chanting slogans condemning the government’s failed economic policies.
Read More »Zarif Warns Collapse Of Nuclear Deal ‘Dangerous’ For Iran
RFL/RE – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has told domestic entrepreneurs that the collapse of the 2015 nuclear deal would have “very dangerous consequences” for the country. “We can talk the deal up, or talk it down. But we should know that a failure of the deal will have very dangerous consequences for us,” Zarif told a meeting of …
Read More »Iranian Parliament Deputy Immune from Prosecution Despite Accusations of Sexual Assault
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Based on evidence, documents and testimonials HRANA has obtained from reliable sources, there are at least two new allegations of multiple counts of sexual harassment and assault against Salman Khodadadi, a current Member of Iran’s Parliament and the Chair of the Parliament’s Social Committee. Mr. Khodadadi was previously accused of sexual harassment and …
Read More »Portugal Is My Greatest Match Ever: Iran’s Coach Carlos Queiroz
PayvandNews – Iran national football team head coach Carlos Queiroz says Team Melli match against Portugal is his greatest match ever in his seven-year spell in Iran. Despite their defeat against La Roja, Iran’s fate is still in their own hands. Whatever happens in Spain’s final group match against Morocco, the Iranians know that a win over Portugal will see …
Read More »Iranian Students Protest Against Harsh Verdicts
Radiofarada -Students at several universities in Iranian capital Tehran have been protesting harsh verdicts against their fellow students in recent days.
Read More »Dollar Hits A New High On Iran’s Black Market
Radiofarda – Based on the latest reports from Tehran, the value of each U.S. dollar climbed to 80,000 Iranian rials on Saturday, the first day of the week in Iran.
Read More »Gonabadi Dervish Women Beaten In Qarchak Prison, Varamin
Iran-HRM – After four months of extensive human rights violations of the detainee dervish women and the lack of supervision of the authorities on the requirements of the prisoners, on Monday, June 18, 2018, the dervish women in protest to the poor condition of their care, lack of proper medical facilities, and for being banned from outside communications started to protest in …
Read More »No News Of Detained Student, Yashar Tohidi
Iran-HRM – Yashar Tohidi, aerospace student of the Tehran’s Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, was arrested by the intelligence agents of the Revolutionary Guards at his father’s house in Tehran on June 10, 2018. The IRGC operative inspected the house and confiscated his belongings.
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