rferl.org – President Hassan Rohani has told lawmakers that Iran will overcome newly reimposed U.S. sanctions and will show “the anti-Iranian officials in the White House” that the measures will fail to reach their goal.

rferl.org – The United States says the reimposition of nuclear-related sanctions against Iran is a legal and justified national security measure that cannot be challenged by Tehran at the United Nations’ highest court.

iran-hrm – Ramin Hossein Panahi a Kurdish man who has been sentenced to death in Iran, has started a hunger strike with his mouth sewn at Sunday evening local time.

iran-hrm – Tabriz University Student Roya Saghiri was transferred to Tabriz Prison on August 25, 2018, to serve a 23-month prison sentence. She published the news of her conviction and imprisonment on her Instagram page.

Iran HRM – Iranian Police Commander Hossein Ashtari has warned that anyone using social media to incite people to “insult sanctities” or “damage public property” will be punished.

alarabiya – A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck western Iran near the border with Iraq early Sunday, killing two people and injuring 255, officials said.

rferl.org – British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was returned to prison in Tehran after a request to extend her three-day temporary release was rejected by Iranian authorities, her husband says.

rferl.org – Iran’s Defense Minister Amir Hatami has arrived in Syria on a two-day visit aimed at further developing bilateral cooperation, Iranian media report.

rferl.org – The Iranian parliament has voted to remove the minister of economic affairs and finance from office, amid mounting discontentment toward President Hassan Rohani’s government over a deterioration in the country’s economic situation.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the “extremely harsh” sentences that a Tehran Revolution Court gave last week to six staffers of the Majzooban-i Noor (Enchanted By Light) website.