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Month: October 2018

Reformists begin signaling support for Larijani as president

Al-Monitor - Iran's parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani is under fire by hard-liners over his role in lawmakers’ recent approval of…

Iranian grand ayatollah faces threats for meeting with Reformists

Al-Monitor - The normally closed world of Iran’s Shiite seminary has been stunned by a scandal after a grand ayatollah was…

Iranians win 7 golds, crowned sanda world champions for first time

PayvandNews - Iran's national wushu team has been crowned world's champions for the first time in the 9th Sanda World…

Hardliners Move To Block International Financial Transparency Agreements

Radiofarda - Forty conservative MPs have sent a letter to the Expediency Council (EDC), urging it to reject a package…

Trump’s Iran Sanctions Resolve Faces Test From Oil-thirsty China, India

Radiofarda - Shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump announced in May he would reimpose sanctions on Iran, the State Department…

Iran’s Khamenei Calls For Fight Against Enemy ‘infiltration’

Reuters - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Sunday for the stepping up of efforts to fight enemy…

S.Korea’s Hyundai E&C Cancels $521 Mln Petrochemicals Deal, Cites Iran Financing Failure

Radiofarda - South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction said on Monday that it scrapped a 595 billion won ($521 million)…

Iran Starts Oil Sales To Private Exporters To Beat U.S. Sanctions

Radiofarda - Iran began selling crude oil to private companies for export on Sunday, part of a strategy to counter…

The importance of banning Iran’s regime from SWIFT

Al-Arabia - Crippling US sanctions are set to kick in early next month against Iran’s regime, targeting its oil and…

Iran Sentences 15 Protesting HEPCO Employees To Prison And Flogging

Iran-HRM - Fifteen employees of the Heavy Equipment Production Company (HEPCO), were sentenced to prison and flogging for attending peaceful…