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Month: August 2018

Trump Slams Social Media Firms As ‘Silencing Millions’

RadioFarda - WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) U.S. President Donald Trump criticized social media companies on Friday for silencing "millions of…

U.N. Invites Iran, Russia, Turkey To Talks On Syria Next Month

radiofarda - GENEVA, Aug 24 (Reuters) U.N. Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura has invited Iran, Russia and Turkey to talks…

EU Aid Plan For Iran ‘Big Mistake,’ Says Netanyahu

rferl.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticized an EU economic aid plan for Iran, warning that the bloc…

Jailed Kurd writer beaten by dangerous prison inmates

IranHRM - Ali Badrkhani, a prisoner who went on hunger strike for 7 days on August 7, 2018 in protest…

Prisoners executed at Gachsaran, Tabriz, Rajaei Shahr jails

IranHRM - Iran executions: Prisoners executed at Gachsaran, Tabriz, Rajaei Shahr jails One prisoner identified as Keramat Hassani was hanged on Monday,…

Imprisoned Telegram Activist faces 15 moths more in prison

IranHRM - Telegram activist Farrokh Abdi was sentenced by Branch 102 of the Criminal Court of Urmia to 15 months…

Environmental activist Arrested in Sanandaj

IranHRM - On the evening of Monday, Aug 20, 2018, security forces raided the house of an environmental activist, Moslem…

Intelligence Agents Raid Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Home, Taking Hair Pins as Evidence

iranhumanrights - “They’re going to use the pins as criminal evidence, as if they had found bombs” Iranian security agents…

Imprisoned Iranian Mystic Mohammad Ali Taheri Expects to Be Freed “This Week”

iranhumanrights - Shiite mystic Mohammad Ali Taheri, who has been imprisoned in Iran since 2011, expects to be freed on…

UK-Iranian Zaghari-Ratcliffe freed from Tehran jail for 3 days: husband

alarabiya - Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian woman who has been in prison in Tehran for more than two years on…