Radiofarda – Residents of the southern Iranian city of Borazjan have blocked the main road leading into the city as part of a protest over water shortages, state-run Iran Labor News Agency (ILNA) reports.
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Ali Larijani: Iran ‘Entering A New Phase’
Radiofarda -Referring to Washington’s withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers, and the subsequent U.S. sanctions against Iran, the speaker of the Iranian Parliament said on July 22 that Iran has “entered a new phase.”
Read More »Trump Security Adviser Echoes Warning To Iran
Radiofarda – President Donald Trump’s national security adviser is echoing the combative warning to Iran against deploying any more threatening language toward the U.S.
Read More »Iranians React To Trump And Rouhani’s War Of Words
Radiofarda – Official reactions to the war of words between U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani have been minimal as of early Monday afternoon in Tehran. Iranians and Americans on social media, however, blasted both, although there was also some support for both sides, as well.
Read More »Netanyahu Praises Trump’s ‘Tough Stand’ Against Iran
Radiofarda – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday praised President Donald Trump’s “tough stand” against Iran after the US leader issued a stark warning to the Islamic republic.
Read More »Iran Will Resist Trump’s “Psychological Warfare” -Senior Guards Commander To ISNA
Radiofarda – Overnight threats by President Donald Trump against Iran amount to “psychological warfare”, and Tehran will continue to resists its enemies, a senior commander of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards was quoted as saying on Monday.
Read More »Prince Khalid bin Salman calls on global community to firmly confront Iran
Al-Arabia – The West, and all countries, need to unite on a broad strategy in order to address the Iranian regime’s destabilizing behavior, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States, Prince Khalid bin Salman, said in an opinion piece he wrote for Arab News on Monday.
Read More »Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani Arrested After Police Raid His Home
Iran-HRM – The state security forces raided the home of Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani Sunday morning, where he was arrested and taken to the Branch 2 of the Revolutionary court of Rasht, northern Iran. Youcef Nadarkhani had been sentenced to prison and internal exile however no official summons has been issued for him. A source close to Nadarkhani’s family said, …
Read More »Authorities Deliberately Deny Political Prisoner’s Access To Cancer Treatment Center
Iran-HRM – Prison authorities deliberately delayed taking political prisoner Arash Sadeghi to the hospital on July 22, 2017 and he was returned to prison without a doctor seeing him. He was due to undergo tests for a rare form of bone cancer. He has a doctor appointment at 7 am and the doctor was supposed to see his bone marrow …
Read More »Pompeo Assails Iranian Leaders As ‘Hypocritical Holy Men’
VOA – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blasted Iran’s ruling elite and its religious leaders for using their positions to “line their pockets” with riches while the average person “cries out for jobs, reform, and opportunity.”
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