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Month: July 2018

Prison Guards Attacked Prisoners In Ardebil And Rajaei Shahr Prisons

Iran-HRM - On the morning of July 8th, prison guards attacked Band 7 – the political prisoners’ section in the…

Telegram Channel Managers Arrested, Iranian MP Says Telegram Should Be Blocked

Iran-HRM - Payam Dorafshan, a lawyer, stated that a number of telegram channel managers have been summoned to the judiciary…

Argentina Asks Russia To Arrest, Extradite Iran’s Velayati On Moscow Visit

RFL/RE - Argentina's Foreign Ministry says it has asked Russia to arrest and extradite former Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar…

Israel: Russia Understands Our Concerns with Iran in Syria

VOA - An Israeli official says Prime Minister Netanyahu’s latest meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin ended with Putin expressing…

Detained Human Rights Lawyer Writes Defiant Letter to Tehran Prosecutor

CHRI - Nasrin Sotoudeh: “Women Have Decided to Rule Over Their Own Bodies” Prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has…

Why Iran’s president won’t close strategic Strait of Hormuz

Al-Monitor - President Hassan Rouhani’s apparent threat to block the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for looming US sanctions on…

Khamenei adviser says Russia to replace Western investors

Al-Monitor - Ali Akbar Velayati, foreign policy adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, talked with Iranian television to discuss…

Pompeo Presses Europe To Get Tough On Iran

Radiofarda - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday pressed European nations to get tough on Iran by cutting…

Long-Jailed Iran Former Deputy PM Dies Aged 86

Radiofrada - A former Iranian deputy prime minister who spent years in jail on charges of spying for the US…

Trump Says Iran Will Seek Fresh Deal As Looming Sanctions Weigh On Economy

Radiofarda - U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran's economic troubles were going to force it to seek a security deal…