Radiofarad – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has chosen his nominees for the ministries of roads, economy industry, and labor to be announced perhaps as early as Tuesday.
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Iranian Tanker Discharges Oil Into Storage In China Ahead Of U.S. Sanctions
Radiofarda – A vessel carrying 2 million barrels of Iranian oil discharged the crude into a bonded storage tank at the port of Dalian in northeast China on Monday, according to Refinitiv Eikon data and a shipping agent with knowledge of the matter.
Read More »Iran Hit Hard By Floods In the North, Dust Storms In The South
Radiofarda – Massive dust storms have hit the two southern provinces of Kerman and Sistan and Baluchistan, while six northern provinces of the country are submerged in floods.
Read More »ANALYSIS: US sanctions and the end of ‘reform’ in Iran
Al-Arabia – With a new wave of US sanctions just around the corner, the regime ruling Iran is in deep waters as domestic and international pressures escalate. To add insult to injury for the clerics in Tehran, public discontent is increasing and people from all of life across Iran are demanding regime change.
Read More »Iran’s Judiciary Requests Death Sentences Against 17 Striking Truckers In Qazvin
Iran-HRM – Iran’s judiciary has requested death sentences for 17 striking truckers for taking part in a nationwide strike, the state media reported on October 8.
Read More »Cruel And Inhuman; Executions In Iran
Iran-HRM – Annual report on the death penalty in Iran, October 2018
Read More »IMF Says U.S. Sanctions Have Pushed Iran’s Economy Into Recession
RFL/RE – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that Iran’s economy fell into a recession this year that will get worse next year as a result of renewed U.S. sanctions on Tehran.
Read More »U.S. Urges UN High Court To Throw Out Iranian Claim On Frozen Assets
RFL/RE – The United States has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to throw out a claim by Iran to recover $1.75 billion in bank assets seized by U.S. courts.
Read More »How Iran Plans to Take Gaza
gatestoneinstitute.org – The situation in the Gaza Strip is unlikely to witness any positive changes. Even if Hamas were to be removed from power, the Palestinians would continue to suffer under other radical groups such as Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).
Read More »Death penalty cruelty – a stain on governments
Amnesty – Prisoners under sentence of death around the world are often subjected to the most cruel conditions of detention. In many cases, they are kept in strict isolation, lack access to necessary medications and live with the constant anxiety of the threat of execution. Some governments notify prisoners and their relatives a matter of days or even moments before …
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