iran-hrm – Despite police claims Azam Dideban who was arrested in a rally seeking the release of teachers activist Hashem Khastar, has remained in custody and denied any family visits.

iran-hrm – Azerbaijani Turkic minority rights activist, Ulduz Ghasemi was sentenced to one year in prison. The verdict was issued in absentia by judge Chabok, the head of Branch 1, Urmia’s Revolutionary Court.

radiofarda – An Iranian court has sentenced a man working for Iran’s Foreign Ministry to 10 years in prison after convicting him of spying, judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said on Sunday.

rferl.org – A former Iranian minister of welfare and social security has been arrested for financial fraud, official media reported on November 11.

radiofarda – Iran allowed hundreds of local women to attend the Asian Champions League final in Tehran on Saturday, Iranian news agencies reported, in a possible step towards ending their decades-old exclusion from top soccer matches in the country.

radiofarda – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that U.S. sanctions announced last week have had no effect on Iran’s economy because Washington had already practically reimposed them earlier.

Radiofarda – Workers’ protests at the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Mill in Ahvaz, southwest Iran, continued for the fifth consecutive day November 9.

Radiofarda – A conservative former MP and a member of the Islamic Republic’s influential Expediency Discernment Council (EDC) says that he’s optimistic over the ratification of four bills regarding the international conventions against money laundering and financing terrorism.

Radiofarda – The Belgium-based SWIFT financial messaging service will be disconnecting some Iranian banks this weekend, said SWIFT chief executive Gottfried Leibbrandt at an event in Paris on Friday.

Radiofarda – Italian police discovered 270 kg (600 lb) of heroin hidden in a container that arrived aboard a ship from Iran, the biggest such haul for at least 20 years in Italy, police said on Thursday.