PayvandNews – Five Iranians have been named among the 50 most influential architects of the Middle East in 2019, according to a list published by the Middle East Architect (MEA) magazine. The magazine named Mohammad Khavarian, Kourosh Hajizadeh, Amir-Hossein Hajizadeh, Farshad Mehdizadeh and Arash G Tehrani as Iran’s influential architects in the Middle East region.

Radiofarda – An indictment has been issued for President Rouhani’s top aide, Hessamoddin Ashena and a lawsuit against him delivered to the court, Tehran’s prosecutor said on Tuesday, January 22.

Radiofarda – Tehran may try to bait the West into a limited military attack in order to distract public attention away from its “corruption and incapability,” exiled Iranian Prince Reza Pahlavi tweeted January 22.

Radiofarda – A major U.S. intelligence report released in Washington on January 22 lists Russia, China North Korea and Iran as the “traditional adversaries” of the United States.

Radiofarda – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has characterized the threat from Iran in the Middle East region as “very real,” adding that the United States is committed to the stability of the region.

Al-Arabia – “There are several pictures and videos showing the brutal treatment of citizens in the form of beatings in public. So, you can imagine the extent of torture that takes place in dark prison cells.”

Iran-HRM – At least 72 people have been detained at a mixed-gender party where alcohol was being served, in Sari, the capital city of Mazandaran province, the local Prosecutor General has disclosed.

Iran-HRM – Iranian Intelligence agents on January 20, arrested Baha’i woman, Atoosa Ahmad-Aei, in her home in Tehran.

RFL/RE – An international conference on the Middle East in Warsaw next month is aimed at promoting stability in the region, not at demonizing Iran, the United States has said.

RFL/RE – Tehran has criticized Germany’s decision to ban Iran’s second-largest airline from its airports, calling the move “hasty and unjustifiable.”