Iraq Elects Pro-Iran Sunni As Parliament Speaker
RFL/RE - Iraq's parliament has elected Sunni lawmaker Muhammad al-Halbusi as its new speaker as the country moves closer to…
Month: September 2018
Tehran Knocks Paris Police Response to Embassy Attack
VOA - Iran's Foreign Ministry on Saturday said that extremists were responsible for an attack on Tehran's embassy in Paris…
Iran: Execution of a Prisoner on Drug-Related Charges
Iran Human Rights - One prisoner was executed at Zahedan Central Prison on the charge of “trafficking, possessing, and selling…
Arash Sadeghi’s Treatment Started/ IHR Demands the Civil Activist’s Immediate Release
Iran Human Rights - Arash Sadeghi, imprisoned civil activist, was transferred to a hospital of the prison's choice last week, however,…
EU Nations Mull ‘Clearing House’ To Avoid Iran Sanctions: Reports
Radiofarda - Germany, France and Britain are mulling setting up a new financial institution to allow EU trade with Iran…
China, Russia, Iran and Turkey to de-peg from dollar?
Al-Arabia - Are world circumstances apt to jettison American dollar dominance? Since Donald Trump took over the presidency of the…
Pompeo: US studying sanction waivers against entities dealing with Iran
Al-Arabia - The United States is still studying possible waivers of sanctions against countries or businesses that continue commerce with…
Iranian Media Warned Not To Report On Iraqi Sex Tourism In Iran
Iran-HRM - The head of the judiciary, Sadeq Amoli Larijani, has warned Iranian media not to cover sex tourism in Iran unless…
Five Shirazi Baha’is Sentenced To Exile In Absentia
Iran-HRM - In the absence of both the defendants and their attorneys, Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court of Shiraz…
Trump, Pompeo Blast Kerry For Meeting With Iranians
RFL/RE - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized predecessor John Kerry for meeting several times recently with Iran's foreign…