Iran-HRM – Sufi woman Maryam Farsiabi was tried by branch 15 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court and sentenced to six months in prison and a two-year ban from traveling abroad.
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Trump Warns World Against Business With Iran As Sanctions Return
Radiofarda – US President Donald Trump warned countries against doing business with Iran on Tuesday as he hailed the “most biting sanctions ever imposed”, triggering a mix of anger, fear and defiance in Tehran.
Read More »Minister Says Unemployment Will Skyrocket In Iran
Radiofarda – As the first round of reimposed U.S. sanctions against Iran takes effect, the Iranian economy is taking a beating, and Iran’s leaders are expressing concern about maintaining social cohesion in the face of increasing economic pressures.
Read More »Labor Discontent Continues – Railway Workers On Strike
Radiofarda – The coordination council of the workers and personnel of Iranian railways and technical constructions maintenance has issued a statement, insisting that their strike will continue until all their demands are meted out.
Read More »EU Says Encouraging Trade With Iran Is Crucial To Nuke Deal
Radiofarda – The European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the EU is encouraging enterprises to increase their business with Iran, as that country has been compliant with their nuclear-related commitments.
Read More »ANALYSIS: What do hard-hitting US sanctions mean for Iran and the world?
Al-Arabia – Recently Iran has had a hard time of it. In addition to the United States restoring sanctions as a consequence to pulling out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the domestic protests in Iran have spread to every province and the Iranian rial is nearly in freefall, hitting a record low of 120,000 to the dollar last week.
Read More »First Wave Of Tough U.S. Sanctions On Iran Goes Into Effect
RFL/RE – A first wave of tough sanctions the United States is reimposing on Iran has gone into effect as Washington and Tehran continued to exchange warnings over the far-reaching measures.
Read More »What We Know About Iran’s Fresh Rash Of Street Protests
RFL/RE – Sporadic street clashes and other protests have hit major cities in Iran since late July as Iranians express anger over economic woes that include rising prices and a sustained fall in the value of Iran’s national currency.
Read More »Some Arabs Eager to See New US Sanctions Hit Iran
VOA— With new U.S. sanctions on Iran due to go into effect Tuesday, Iranians are bracing for the repercussions, while neighboring Arab states are eager to see the sanctions place pressure on their regional nemesis.
Read More »Telegram Activist Transferred to Intelligence Ward in Evin Prison
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Alireza Tavakoli, a Telegram activist who was held in Tehran’s Evin Prison for more than two years, was transferred yesterday from Ward 8 to a ward in the prison known as “209”, which is operated by the Ministry of Intelligence and does not fall under prison jurisdiction.
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