RFL/RE – Iranian President Hassan Rohani has denounced U.S. sanctions as “economic terrorism,” and predicted if they succeed and Iran is weakened, the West will be flooded by illegal drugs.
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U.S. Seeks Extradition Of Chinese Executive In Iran Sanctions Case
RFL/RE – U.S. authorities are seeking the extradition of a top executive of China’s Huawei Technologies over charges that she misled U.S. banks over the company’s business dealings with Iran.
Read More »Family Planning Scholar Arrested on Vague Accusations in Tehran
HRW – Authorities Treat Experts as ‘Infiltrators,’ Deny Access to Lawyer.
Read More »A Daily Overview of Human Rights Violations in Iran for December 7, 2018
HRNA – The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on December 7th, 2018 based on the information compiled and verified by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRNA).
Read More »Iran Executions: Prisoner Hanged at Bandar Abbas Prison
Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner was hanged at Bandar Abbas Central Prison on murder charges last Tuesday.
Read More »Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi Slapped With Additional Charges
CHRI – Imprisoned human rights lawyer Mohammad Najafi appeared at Branch 1 of Iran’s Revolutionary Court in Arak, Markazi Province, to face four additional charges that could keep him behind bars for many more years for attempting to peacefully seek justice for a now-deceased client.
Read More »Iranian Authorities’ Refuse to Allow Christian Convert Ebrahim Firoozi to See Dying Mother
CHRI – While battling breast cancer for the past year, Kobra Kamrani’s only wish was to see her son Ebrahim Firoozi, a Christian convert who was imprisoned in Iran for alleged missionary activities.
Read More »Iranian animation ‘Watch Me!’ goes to Oxford Film Festival in Ohio, US
PayvandNews – Iranian short animated piece ‘Watch Me!’, directed by Reza Mehranfar, has made it into the screening program of 16th Oxford International Film Festival in Ohio, United States.
Read More »Iran Executive Says EU Has Not Renewed Steel Exports Deal
Radiofarda – A member of Iran Steel Association says that the European Union has not renewed the agreement to buy Iranian steel, pending the possible launch of a barter arrangement of trade, called Special Purpose Vehicle or SVP.
Read More »U.S. Prosecutor Drops Appeal To Extend Turkish Banker’s Sentence – Anadolu
Reuters – New York prosecutors have withdrawn an appeal to extend the sentence of a former executive at Turkey’s state-owned lender Halkbank, Turkey’s state-owned Anadolu news agency said on Friday.
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