VOA – U.S. President Donald Trump has warned Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to “never threaten the United States,” in a Twitter comment that came shortly after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave a speech critical of Iran’s leaders.

VOA – A 5.9-magnitude quake rattled Kermanshah province, in western Iran near the border with Iraq, Sunday, injuring nearly 150 people, the head of the country’s disaster response agency said. Pirhossein Kolivand, head of the country’s natural disasters response agency, told state television that 146 people were injured, including 21 who were taken to hospitals for treatment. He did not …

Al-Monitor – “Ever since we started our term, we have been waiting for this bill,” said Iranian parliamentarian Tayyebeh Siavoshi of the Provision of Security for Women Bill, which expands the legal definition of violence against women. “Both we and the Vice Presidency for Women and Family Affairs have repeatedly asked the judiciary to send this bill to the parliament. …

Radiofarda – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ruled out any renewed talks with the United States at a meeting with Foreign Ministry officials on July 21, saying, “Assuming that holding talks or maintaining relations with America would solve Iran’s problems would be a clear mistake. There is no benefit in holding talks with America.”

Iran-HRM –  Suddenly, July (the month of revolutions and coups in modern Iraq), witnessed protests in Basra demanding water, electricity and jobs in oil companies. It then spread to some cities in southern Iraq and to areas in Baghdad, the capital.

Al-Arabia – Top US officials speaking at the 2018 Aspen Security Forum warned that Iran has already laid the groundwork for extensive cyberattacks against US and European infrastructure and private companies.

Iran-HRM – Tow prisoners convicted of murder were publicly hanged today in Mashhad, capital of the northeastern Iranian province of Razavi Khorasan, the state-run ISNA news agency reported. 

Iran-HRM – At least five prisoners were hanged on Junly at Dizelabad Prison in Kermanshah, west of Iran. One of the victims is identified as Alireza Ashuri, 57. All the five were found guilty of murder.

Iran-HRM – Osman Mostafapour, held at Urmia Central Prison, northwest Iran, who is in his twenty-eighth year of imprisonment, has been deprived of furlough.

Iran-HRM – A civilian who was shot dead by the state security forces during the recent demonstration in Borazjan (Bushehr province in southern Iran) against the city’s water crisis, was identified as Iman Ahmadi.