PayvandNews – Iranian security forces have prevented devotees of fans of late poet Ahmad Shamlou, who pushed for greater freedoms and had some of his work banned under successive governments, from marking the 18th anniversary of his death.

The desire of the Iranian regime to uphold the Islamic Revolution has especially resulted in the vast suppression of the freedom of religion in Iran, often to barbaric ends. Last month, a simple man, a bus driver, father of two children and a member of the Iranian Gonabadi Sufi dervishes community was convicted and sentenced to death. The sentence came …

VOA – President Donald Trump tempered his threatening rhetoric toward Iran Tuesday, two days after he sent an all-caps warning of future conflict.

VOA— Israeli officials speaking to a U.S. conference of pro-Israel Christian activists have vowed to keep pressuring Iran to stop perceived human rights abuses and to withdraw military forces from Syria.

Iran Human Rights – Two prisoners were executed in public on the charge of rape and murder.

CHRI – Two years after being sentenced to long prison sentences without due process in Iran, Iranian American Karan Vafadari and his American permanent resident wife Afarin Neyssari were released on bail from Tehran’s Evin Prison on July 21, 2018.

Radiofarda – Nearly 70 student associations have criticized the recent verdicts against students and warn that they will not allow “the totalitarian forces to target freedom and liberty again.”

Radiofarda – Turkey has told American officials it opposes U.S. sanctions on Iran and is not obliged to implement them, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday.

Radiofarda – Iran’s ailing economy has been the most significant issue on Iranians’ minds and the subject of fierce debates in the parliament while Iranian officials were at loggerheads with the U.S. President and Secretary of State at the start of the week.

Radiofarda – Given the new economic situation in Iran, a new wave of emigration could be looming, a population expert has suggested.