Radiofarda – While signature collection is reportedly underway in Majles (Iran’s parliament) to impeach the Islamic Republic’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, his subordinates have raised voices to defend their boss. Talk of Zarif’s impeachment by some conservative MPs on Monday became more pointed on Tuesday as one MP claimed collecting signatures has already begun.

Radiofarda – The director general of the Meteorological Organization of Mazandaran province in northern Iran says widespread drought in the country is driving migration to his province as farmers look for land with a more plentiful water supply, but Mazandaran is itself now struggling with a water shortage.

Radiofarda – Following implicit criticism of foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif by the conservative head of Iran’s Judiciary, a member of parliament says that Zarif’s impeachment process has begun.

Radiofarda – Iran’s Labor News Agency (ILNA) reports that twelve protesting workers arrested on Sunday in the city of Shush have been released.

Radiofarda – Refiners in Japan and South Korea are looking to resume Iranian oil imports from January after receiving waivers from U.S. sanctions on Tehran, sources familiar with the matter said.

Al-Arabia – A change will be “soon” coming to the current Iranian regime and US policies would have nothing it, according to an American bimonthly international affairs magazine.

Al-Arabia – In an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya, US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook has stressed that Iran is the largest sponsor of global terrorism and said that “international banks are afraid to deal with Tehran”.

Al-Arabia -European Union foreign ministers showed cautious support on Monday for possible new economic sanctions on Iran in a shift of policy after accusations of Iranian attack plots in France and Denmark, diplomats said.

VOA – Israel is seeking to expand its pool of experts in the language and policies of its long-time foe Iran, through a project of a retired Israeli general who has found a new calling in the classroom.

VOA  — Iranian state media say the country’s foreign minister discussed ways of easing international financial transactions during a meeting with British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt in Tehran.