HRANA – The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on December 18th, 2018 based on the information compiled and verified by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).

CHRI – The former director of NASA’s Solar System Exploration program, Dr. Firouz Naderi, has joined the international call for Iran to release all political prisoners including Nasrin Sotoudeh, Farhad Meysamiand Reza Khandan who were all imprisoned this year in Iran for peacefully advocating human and women’s rights.

CHRI – Latest Delay: Guardian Council Objects to Punishing Negligent Parents Parliament’s Judiciary Commission Must Find Compromise Language on Parental Neglect to Ensure Passage of Bill

Al-Monitor – Ever since President Hassan Rouhani’s government signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with six world powers in July 2015, little domestic consensus has materialized over the deal — which has aroused concern, criticism and accusations from his relentless hard-line rivals. The heated debate over whether the decision to strike the accord was right has now resurfaced as conservatives find the government …

Radiofarda – Iran’s hard-liners and conservatives appear to be maneuvering to jointly form a new grouping ahead of the 2020 parliamentary and 2021 presidential elections. Planning for such a move would entail resolving the differences among the senior figures of the camp.

Radiofarda – An American-Iranian and a Turkish man, two partners of President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor Michael Flynn were indicted Monday over an Ankara-backed scheme to remove Turkish dissident cleric Fethullah Gulen from the United States.

PayvandNews – Tehran’s stock market experienced another bad day on Monday as it declined 1.2 percent, after weeks of steep falls. Compared to same day last month, the market has declined 13 percent and compared with to beginning of September 18 percent.

Radiofarda – Iran’s Free Labor Union (FLU) reported on Tuesday that security forces arrested ten more steel factory workers in Ahvaz, bringing the total number to 41 detainees.

Radiofarda – According to a cyber security research lab Certfa Iran backed hackers targeted U.S. government officials, think-tank employees and nuclear scientists around the world.

Radiofarda – The lawyer of an Iranian-British dual citizen imprisoned in Iran told the official news agency IRNA that his client will ask for conditional release from jail.