RFL/RE – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has accused Twitter of closing accounts of “real” Iranians, while allowing antigovernment ones backed by the United States.
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Iran: Update on Strike Arestees in Kurdistan
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Iranian authorities continue to detain members of the country’s Kurdish minority, in mounting tensions sparked by the September 8th execution of Kurdish political prisoners Zanyar Moradi, Loghman Moradi, and Ramin Hossein Panahi.
Read More »Prisoner Attempts Suicide to Escape Rajai Shahr Prison Mafia
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- Rajai Shahr prisoner and father of one Ali Ahmadi, 50, has been transferred to a hospital after attempting suicide by pill overdose. As of the date of this report, his medical status is unknown.
Read More »Zahedan Prisoner Hanged on Drug and Weapons Charges
Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA)- Arafi Reigi, a 32-year-old prisoner of Zahedan’s Ward 5, was hanged to death early this morning, September 15, 2018.
Read More »Rajai Shahr Political Prisoners Share Final Memories of Moradis and Hossein Panahi
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- Almost one week after the hangings of Loghman Moradi, Zanyar Moradi, and Ramin Hossein Panahi (1), their fellow prisoners have written a letter to condemn their execution and relate the events leading up to it.
Read More »Iran Official Accuses Russia Of Moving In On Its Oil Market Share
Radiofarda – Days after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to cooperate with Tehran to “rein in” the United Sates, Iran’s OPEC Governor has accused Moscow and Riyadh of “embracing” Washington’s sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic.
Read More »Alarming Rise In Government Debt Puts Iran’s Economy At More Risk
Radiofarda – Years of mismanagement, populist policies, corruption and sanctions have led to a huge government debt to banks in Iran.
Read More »Iranian Military Officials Discount The Possibility Of A U.S. Attack
Radiofrada – Claiming that Iran has the “upper hand” in the region, the deputy commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has dismissed the possibility of a U.S. attack against Iran.
Read More »ANALYSIS: The ‘Iranian cancer’ existing deep within Iraqi politics
Al-Arabia – Last week, I wrote about the water crisis in Iraq largely caused by Iran and Turkey. Today, in this second part, I want to share about electrical issues, banking challenges and national defense challenges for Iraq borne at the hands of the Iranian mullahs in Tehran.
Read More »40 Baha’i Students Barred From Higher Education In Iran
Iran-HRM – At least 40 students have been deprived from pursuing higher education due to their Baha’i conviction.
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