Al-Arabia – A powerful Iranian council approved an anti-money laundering bill on Saturday, state media reported, a major step towards reforms that would bring Iran into line with global norms and could facilitate foreign trade in the face of US sanctions.
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Iranian MP says corruption convicts ‘must be executed in public squares’
Al-Arabia – The head of an Iranian parliament committee to combat economic corruption, Amir Khojasteh, has called for the public execution of those found guilty of corruption.
Read More »12,261 Road Accident Deaths In Eight Months In Iran
Iran-HRM – Iranian Legal Medicine Organization announced that 12,261 people were killed in car accidents in the first eight months of Persian year beginning since March 21, the state-run ISNA news agency reported on January 5.
Read More »Iran, Russia Planning Joint Naval Exercises In Caspian Sea
Radiofarda – Russia and Iran are planning joint naval exercises in the Caspian Sea “in the near future,” an Iranian naval official has said.
Read More »US Security Advisor: US Withdrawal From Syria Conditional
VOA – President Donald Trump’s national security advisor says the U.S. will not abruptly withdraw its military from Syria.
Read More »A Daily Overview of Human Rights Violations in Iran for January 5, 2019
HRANA – The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on January 5th, 2019 based on the information compiled and verified by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
Read More »Ebrahim Raisi: The cleric who could end Iranian hopes for change
aljazeera -Former presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi is expected to replace Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani as head of the country’s judiciary in the summer of 2019.
Read More »Official Says Iran’s Main Oil Customers Not Buying ‘Even One Additional Barrel’
Radiofarda – Iranian oil minister’s deputy for international trade says the eight countries which have received U.S. sanctions’ waivers to continue buying Iranian oil are not willing to buy even one additional barrel.
Read More »Tortured Labor Activist Challenges Intelligence Chief To Debate
Radiofarda – Prominent Iranian labor activist Esmail Bakhshi has called on the intelligence minister for a debate concerning torture, persecution, and maltreatment at the country’s prisons.
Read More »Controversy Over Source Of Tehran Mystery Stench Continues
Radiofarda – The debate over the source of an obnoxious stench that engulfed Tehran on Wednesday is still continuing in the capital city of Iran.
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