Al-Arabia – The Iranian rial hit a record low against the US dollar on the unofficial market on Tuesday, a foreign exchange website reported, amid a deterioration in the economic situation and the reimposition of sanctions by the United States.

Al-Arabia – In an effort to confront fake news and terrorism propaganda fomented by the Iranian regime, social media giants, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, have recently suspended and blocked a number of accounts, pages and channels affiliated with Iran.

Al-Arabia – Tehran municipality officers cut off a child’s ear because they found him looking in trash for anything to sell and make a living, Iranian media outlets reports on Monday.

Al-Arabia – A number of Houthi leaders, Iranian experts, and Hezbollah fighters have been killed during battles in the last two days against the Yemeni army in the Marran district in Saada, according to a Yemeni military source.

Iran Human Rights Monitor, Monthly report – August 2018

RFL/RE – An influential Iranian cleric says Europe is not helping to preserve a nuclear accord between Iran and world powers by demanding additional talks on issues like Tehran’s ballistic missiles, the country’s state media reported.

Amnesty – Responding to the arrest in Iran this morning of Reza Khandan, the husband of prominent jailed human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, Amnesty International’s Research and Advocacy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Philip Luther, said:

Amnesty – The Iranian authorities have arbitrarily arrested three human rights lawyers and a women’s rights activist over the past four days, as part of an escalating crackdown to quash Iran’s civil society completely and leave human rights defenders in a suffocating climate of fear, Amnesty International said today.

 Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – After a violent raid on their prison sit-in last week, twelve imprisoned Dervishes who have gone on hunger strike following their transfer to solitary confinement have written a letter outlining their demands.

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – The legal team of Ramin Hossein-Panahi, a political prisoner on death row, wrote a letter to the head of the Iranian judiciary asking that their client’s execution be stayed, arguing that a retrial would instill a greater sense of national security in Iran.