radiofarda – Iran says Britain has stepped in to help it redesign a reactor following the U.S. withdrawal from Tehran’s nuclear agreement with world powers.

rferl.org – Facebook says it has removed 652 accounts and web pages linked to Russia and Iran for spreading political misinformation ahead of the November U.S. congressional elections.

rferl.org – White House national-security adviser John Bolton says the United States is not seeking to topple Iran’s government, but says Washington does want authorities in Tehran to change their behavior.

Iran Human Rights – Farhad Meysami, arrested on July 31, was transferred to the quarantine ward of Evin prison. He’s been on a hunger strike since August 1.

iran-hrm.com – With Iran’s political, economic and social crises increasing day after day, a phenomenon to which regime media refer as ‘reduced social tolerance level’ has spread across the society.

iranhumanrights – Former Mayor of Tehran Gholamhossein Karbaschi has been sentenced to one year in prison for publicly criticizing Iran’s involvement in the Syrian civil war, an Appeals Court ruled on August 13, 2018. 

payvand – Iran has removed the US Dollar from its official currency rate reporting platform and replaced it with China’s Yuan in an effort that the media in Tehran say could be a key step toward ditching the greenback in trade.

payvand – A lawyer for an Iranian journalist sentenced in Iran to 10 years in prison for allegedly insulting a historic religious figure says the ruling will be appealed because it was not handled by the appropriate court.

payvand – A perceived death threat against President Hassan Rohani within the seminary of the holy Shi’ite city of Qom has led to controversy in Iran, with some calling it a disaster for the seminary — home to thousands of influential clerics and theology students — and others demanding an investigation.

rferl.org – Two Iranian men have been indicted for allegedly spying for Tehran in the United States, including gathering information on Jewish facilities and an exiled Iranian dissident group, the U..S. Justice Department said.