Iran-HRM – The Tehran Prosecutor said that inviting and taking part in riots and sedition was a crime and that it carried heavy penalties. Addressing a reporter’s question about the sentences passed for a number of students in regards to the January incidents (protests), Abbas Jafari Dolat Abadi said, “You asked a difficult question but I have to respond. Participating …

Al-Arabia – Photographs of officers graduating from a military college in Iran have sparked controversy on social media after an image of a graduate with the Israeli flag painted on the bottom of his shoe went viral.

Al-Arabia – Iran will continue to respect its nuclear agreement with world powers as long as its interests are preserved, President Hassan said on Tuesday in a speech in Switzerland.

RFL/RE – A senior Iranian official has accused Iran’s foreign enemies, including Israel, of modifying the weather in the country in order to create drought.

VOA – A German newspaper says local police have arrested an Iranian diplomat on a highway in southeastern Germany on suspicion of involvement in a plot to bomb an Iranian opposition event in France.

The United States has announced plans to re-impose tough sanctions on Iran’s energy and banking sectors, saying Iran needs to change its behavior and act like a “normal country.” VOA’s Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine has more from Washington. https://www.voanews.com/318f8efa-14ec-453d-96e7-0b1c121f86aa

Iran Human Rights  – One prisoner was hanged at Saravan Prison on Saturday morning and another one was hanged at Zahedan Central Prison on Sunday morning. Both prisoners were charged with murder. According to a close source, on the morning of Saturday, June 30, a prisoner was hanged at Saravan Prison on murder charges. Habibollah Sarbazi, Baluch human rights activist, …

CHRI – Shots were reportedly fired during protests over water shortages in the southwestern city of Khorramshahr in Iran’s Khuzestan Province but the Interior Ministry has denied any fatalities. Khuzestan, home to mostly ethnic Arabs, is Iran’s main oil producer and contains the country’s largest oil refinery but remains economically disadvantaged compared to northern provinces. “According to reports sent to …

Al-Monitor -Having drastically lost influence in domestic political tussling, Iran’s Reformists, staunch advocates against hard-liner dominance, are being further pushed to the brink by the United States. Iran’s centrist president, Hassan Rouhani, elected on the backs of Reformist voters, has been losing support since the US decision to pull out of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and …

Al-Monitor – Iran’s southwest region has experienced a shortage of drinking water in the last few days. Residents of the Khuzestan province, particularly in the cities of Khorramshahr and Abadan, have staged protests, with some protests turning violent. Video clips of clashes between protesters and police were shared online. Deputy Interior Minister Hossein Zolfaghari said that as a result of …