Radiofarda – President Hassan Rouhani has given a 15-day deadline to his trade minister to publish the full list of car importers, who have received cheap foreign currency from the state. According to published official records, Iranian entities and individuals seem to have systematically misused subsidized foreign currency provided by the government for importing essential goods. Read related story by Shargh daily Iran’s Central …
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Authorities Admit At Least 11 Injured In Protests Over Lack Of Water
Radiofarada – An Iranian Interior Ministry official has acknowledged on Sunday July 1 that 11 demonstrators have been wounded in the port city of Khorramshahr after security forces opened fire on hundreds of demonstrators protesting to the shortage and poor quality of drinking water.
Read More »The Latest: Iran Says 230 People Poisoned By Untreated Water
Radiofarda – The Latest on unrest in Iran (all times local): 2:20 p.m. Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency is reporting that 230 people have been poisoned by drinking polluted water in the county’s southwest.
Read More »ANALYSIS-Iran’s Rulers Face Discontent As U.S. Pressure Mounts
Radiofarda – Mounting pressure from the Trump administration combined with discontent among many Iranians at the state of the economy are rattling the Islamic Republic, with little sign that its leaders have the answers, officials and analysts say.
Read More »Opportunities For Afghan Money Traders As Iran Sanctions Loom
Radiofarda – Aziz Ahmad is one of the unlikely winners of the stand-off between the United States and Iran, turning his modest transport service into an international foreign exchange operation that is providing much-needed dollars to the stricken Iranian economy.
Read More »PICTURES: Yemeni army seize Iranian-made Houthi military equipment
Al-Arabia – The Yemeni army seized military equipment and vehicles, including multiple weapons of different types and sizes, which belong to the Houthi militia during battles on the Hiran front in the north-west governorate of Hajjah.
Read More »Death Row Political Prisoner Deprived Of Essential Medical Care
Iran-HRM – Prison authorities have refused to transfer death row political prisoner Ramin Hossein Panahi, despite his need to treatment.
Read More »Trump Allies Tell Paris Rally ‘End Of Regime’ Near In Iran
RFL/RE – Close allies of U.S. President Donald Trump have told a “Free Iran” rally in Paris that the end of the Iranian regime is near and that sanctions against the country will be “greater, greater, and greater.”
Read More »Protest Over Water Scarcity Turns Violent In Southwestern Iran
RFL/RE – Hundreds of demonstrators protesting against shortages of drinking water in southwestern Iran have clashed with police, local media report.
Read More »UNESCO Adds Pre-Islamic Iranian Sites To World Heritage List
RFL/RE – UNESCO has added eight pre-Islamic Iranian archeological sites to its World Heritage List, raising the number of Iran cultural places on the UN agency’s list to 24.
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