CHRI – Merchants and business owners went on strike in several Iranian cities on October 8, 2018, to protest against hyperinflation and economic instability.
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Iranian artist Tara Behbahani says her new paintings dig up moments of happiness from heart of history
PayvandNews- Tara Behbahani has said that the paintings in her new collection “Passing through Imagination” dig up depictions of moments of happiness from the heart of history. The collection, which depicts women on images of beautiful Persian tiles, is on display in an exhibition at Tehran’s Golestan Gallery.
Read More »‘Tehran Taboo’: Vice and virtue on the streets of Iran’s capital
(CNN)- Filmmaking in Iran is not a simple pursuit. There are plenty of ways to fall foul of censors, from negative depictions of society to portraying “unrefined” images.
Read More »As U.S. Sanctions Hit, Iran Has To Rely On its Tankers For Shipment And Storage
Radiofarda – As US sanctions loom, Iran’s oil exports have sharply declined by at least 800 thousand barrels per day (b/d) according to reports, but its production level declined only by about 350 thousand b/d, which show the country is storing a huge amount of unsold oil in on/offshore facilities.
Read More »Iranian Bazaars On Strike For Second Consecutive Day
Radiofarda – Strikes that began on Monday continue in the Bazaars of several Iranian cities including Tabriz, Tehran, Isfahan, Sanandaj and Kermanshah for a second day on Tuesday, October 9.
Read More »6 years jail and 74 lashes for simply serving tea in Sufi gatherings
Shabtabnews – As part of the systematic Stalinist type trials by the Iranian authorities against any type of association with Sufism, Mr. Dadashi was sentenced to 6 years in prison and 74 lashes, all in space of a few minutes by the Iranian judiciary! All because he has supposed to have served tea in Sufi gatherings!
Read More »Saudi Arabia To Make Up For Loss Of Iranian Oil To India
Radiofarda – Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, will supply Indian oil buyers with an additional 4 million barrels of crude oil in November, several sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Read More »Schoolgirl Dies After Wall Collapses At Elementary School In Sanandaj
Iran-HRM -A seven-year-old girl was crushed to death after a unstable school roof collapsed, the state-run ISNA news agency reported on October 8.
Read More »Iranian Diplomat Extradited To Belgium To Face Charges In Bomb-Plot Case
RFL/RE – An Iranian diplomat who is the suspected mastermind of an attack that allegedly was planned on Iranians living in exile in France has been extradited from Germany to Belgium, security officials said.
Read More »Nikki Haley Leaves The UN: What To Know And What Comes Next
RFL/RE — U.S. President Donald Trump caught Washington, and a good portion of the U.S. political world, off guard when he made the unexpected announcement that Nikki Haley, his ambassador to the United Nations, was leaving her post.
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