iran-hrm – An unknown number of teachers have been summoned to Intelligence Ministry’s offices in Tehran, Qazvin, Bojnourd, Saqqez, Marivan, Kermanshah and Aligoudarz after a nationwide teachers’ strike on October 14 and 15.
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Civil rights activists sentenced to prison and flogging for attending protests
iran-hrm – 11 civil rights activists who were arrested during the December 2017/January 2018 were sentenced to prison and flogging by the 1st Branch of the Markazi Province Court of Appeal.
Read More »Iran hangs two inmates in Ardebil and Zahedan prisons
iran-hrm – A prisoner was hanged today at Ardebil Prison, northwest Iran. Having been on death row since August 2015, Meysam Saber, 27, was found guilty of murder.
Read More »More Iranian Cabinet Ministers Resign Amid Economic Crisis
radiofarda – Iran’s ministers of industry and roads have resigned, in the latest departures from President Hassan Rohani’s government.
Read More »Rouhani Introduces 4 New Ministers Ahead of Hard-Hitting Sanctions
radiofarda – President Hassan Rouhani nominated the new ministers of economy, industry, roads and labor in a letter to the Iranian Parliament on October 21.
Read More »Press Release: Threat campaign against Dr. Azmayesh the Director of International organisation to preserve human rights.
IOPHR – A hidden campaign to threaten and to assassinate Dr. Seyed Mostafa Azmayesh , the Director of International organisation to preserve human rights (IOPHR) has been discovered.
Read More »FATF Suspends Counter-Measures Against Iran, Warns Trade Partners To Be Skeptical
Radiofarda – The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) announced on October 19 its decision to continue the suspension of counter-measures against Iran. However, it expressed disappointment that the majority of Tehran’s commitments to combat money-laundering and funding terrorism (known as AML/CFT) have not been fulfilled.
Read More »Iran’s Road Minister Resigns
Radiofarda – Abbas Akhoundi, the Roads Minister in President Hassan Rouhani’s cabinet has resigned.
Read More »German Banks Report Sharp Fall In Iran Exports Amid New US Sanctions
Radiofarda – German exports to Iran have dwindled since the United States pulled out of the international nuclear deal with Tehran, data showed on Friday, despite Berlin’s attempts to shield companies from renewed U.S. sanctions against Tehran.
Read More »How will the approaching US sanctions affect Iran’s economy?
Al-Arabia – The second round of the United States sanctions on Iran, which starts in the beginning of November, targets the heart of the Iranian economy through disrupting the flow of foreign capital.
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