Radiofarda – As British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt travelled to Tehran this week and met with senior Iranian officials, a French diplomat also visited the county in what Iran claimed to be a new European initiative to assure the Islamic Republic of their intention to help in trade despite U.S. sanctions.
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Oil Hits 2018 Lows On Emerging Supply Glut, OPEC Expected to Cut
Radiofarda – Oil prices slumped to 2018 lows on Friday in choppy trading, pulled down an emerging crude supply overhang amid a bleak economic outlook.
Read More »Iran Complains About Sanctions And Medicine While Silent On Its Own Shortcomings
Radiofarda – Iranian Medical Council officials have warned about the negative impact of U.S. sanctions on the availability of medicine and medical equipment in Iran.
Read More »One Month Salary ‘Paid’ To Sugar Factory Workers and Three Detainees Released
Radiofarda – As Iranian officials announced on November 22 that one month salary of Haft-Tapeh sugar factory workers has been paid, the labor union of the complex also reported that three more workers have been released from detention
Read More »State Department spokesman: Iran must stop foreign terror and human rights abuses inside the country
VOA – A spokesman for the State Department warned in a recent statement about the terror efforts of the Islamic Republic outside of Iran and the violation of human rights inside Iran.
Read More »Iran Must Pass Legislation to Protect Women Against Violence
CHRI – Bill Languishing for Years, While Women Are Abused with Impunity
Read More »Christian Converts Arrested After Their Calls Intercepted By Iran Intelligence
Iran-HRM – Two Christian converts in Iran, have been recently arrested in the cities of Karaj and Mashhad.
Read More »Defense Attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh Sues Evin Prison Officials
Iran-HRM – Prominent human rights lawyer who has been imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin Prison since June 2018 filed a complaint against the head and the judicial deputy of Evin Prison on Sunday, November 11, 2018, for issuing a ban on her visiting rights.
Read More »US: Iran Developing Chemical Weapons in Violation of Global Treaty
VOA – The United States has accused Iran of failing to declare chemical weapon-related activities in violation of commitments to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Read More »Why Larijani Can Be A Bipartisan Candidate For Presidency In 2021?
Radiofarda – As lobbying and unofficial campaigning starts for the 2021 presidential elections in Iran, some reformists have been distancing themselves from Majles Speaker Ali Larijani and have started criticizing him for his role in recent political developments, while other reformists have been grooming him for the country’s top executive post.
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