Radiofarda – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Saudi Arabia’s king and crown prince in Riyadh on Monday, but will cut short the rest of his Middle East trip to attend a family funeral, a State Department spokesman said.
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Iran Nuclear Chief Says Working On New 20% Enriched Uranium
Radiofarda – Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Ali Akbar Salehi, announced on Sunday, January 13, that the country has taken the “first steps” toward developing a 20%-enriched fuel used for Tehran nuclear reactor.
Read More »Iran Hardliner Says Give The Economy To Revolutionary Guards
Radiofarda – A top Iranian conservative politician has indirectly attacked the government of President Hassan Rouhani, saying Iran’s government management system is “stuck in mud” and has demanded economic affairs to be delegated to the military.
Read More »Bolsonaro’s Brazil Changes The Balance Of Power Against Tehran In Latin America
Radiofarda – With the election of Jair Bolsonaro to Brazil’s presidency in October 2018, Iran’s situation has become more precarious in Latin America than it was. Ever-increasing tensions between Iran and the U.S. and Tehran’s escalating proxy wars with Israel are reaching a crescendo, which are adding unprecedented pressure on Iran’s domestic stability.
Read More »Pompeo, Jubeir discuss need for regional efforts against Iran ‘malign activity’
Al-Arabia – The US State Deparment released a statement on Monday revealing that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al- Jubeir discussed the need for continued regional efforts to stand against the Iranian regime’s malign activity and to advance peace, prosperity, and security.
Read More »Interview with Brian Hook: We call Iran regime what it is – a ‘kleptocracy’
Al-Arabia – Brian Hook, the US Special Representative for Iran and Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State, was in Abu Dhabi as part of Mike Pompeo’s delegation touring eight nations across Gulf and Middle East. Hook sat down with Al Arabiya English for an exclusive conversation. Here is the entire interview:
Read More »Rape Victim Who Died Suspiciously Was Secretly Buried Without Autopsy
Iran-HRM – Iranian security forces secretly buried the body of Zahra Navidpour at a cemetery in a small village. Reports indicate that security forces smuggled out the body of Zahra Navidpour from the coroner’s office before an autopsy is done and secretly buried her in the village of Tazeh Qaleh.
Read More »Iran Publicly Executes Three Men For Armed Robbery
Iran-HRM – Iran on Sunday hanged 3 men sentenced to death for armed robbery, all of them executed in public in front of a crowd of onlookers, Iranian judiciary’s website Mizan reported.
Read More »Aid Worker Imprisoned In Iran To Go On Hunger Strike
RFL/RE – A British-Iranian mother detained in Tehran is set to begin a three-day hunger strike in protest against being denied specialist medical care, her husband says.
Read More »Iran Cargo-Plane Crash Leaves 15 Dead, Army Says
RFL/RE – A cargo plane coming from Kyrgyzstan has crashed near the Iranian capital, with the country’s military saying only one person of the 16 on board survived.
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