Radiofarda – Relevant authorities are working to prevent Turkey from being negatively impacted by U.S. sanctions against Iran, the Turkish foreign ministry said on Friday after a U.S. delegation held talks in Ankara on upcoming sanctions.

gatestoneinstitute – The Iranian general did not offer to build the Palestinians a hospital or a school. Nor did he offer to provide financial aid to create projects that would give jobs to unemployed Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. His message to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip: Iran will give you as much money and weapons as you need …

Radiofarda – The Islamic Republic’s Prosecutor-General says the death sentence against Iranian billionaire Babak Zanjani will “definitely” be carried out.

Radiofarda – Reports from Iran say that two members of the Baseej have been killed in clashes in the southeast of the country. IRNA quotes Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) command in Sistan-Baluchistan province as saying that two members of the Baseej were killed in clashes with “outlaw” elements. Their funerals were scheduled for Friday in a town located in …

Radiofarda – An expensive railway connecting Armenia to neighboring Iran will not be constructed anytime soon, Transport and Communications Minister Ashot Hakobian acknowledged on Thursday.

Radiofarda – Following Russia’s lead, EU leaders are exploring the possibility of circumventing U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil sales by trading oil for goods instead of purchasing it, according to Iranian officials.

Radiofarda – A reshuffling of President Hassan Rouhani’s cabinet is now more likely than ever as his aides have joined his critics in calling for a change in his economic team, reported the pro-Rouhani daily newspaper Iran on Thursday July 19.

The Iranian regime in its present form cannot last, with protests certain to escalate, sanctions biting hard, the economy crumbling, and Iran’s currency the rial in deadfall, the end is looming. But when the regime eventually falls, it will fall due to the consequences of its own hegemonic and oppressive policies, brought down by the wrath of its people, who …

Al-Arabia – India today finds itself in the center of a tug of war. If the United States, a strategic partner, is pushing it to drastically reduce its oil imports from Iran; then Iran, an old ally, is asserting its strategic value in terms of not just oil but also the Chabahar port. This week saw first the visit of …

Iran-HRM – The authorities of the Great Tehran Penitentiary locked up inmates in cells without running water from 11 am to 8 pm. According to the reports, officials sell bottles of mineral water at a price of 10 thousand tomans (about 2.30 dollars) to prisoners.