gatestoneinstitute – “The E.U. only seems to care about the nuclear agreement and trade ties. It pretends that the regime is legitimate and that Iranians have no alternatives to living under tyranny”. — Alireza Nader of New Iran, reported by Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News.

CHRI – Ebrahim Raeesi Was Member of “Death Commissions” that Ordered Extrajudicial Killings of Thousands of Prisoners in 1988

CHRI – Authorities Interrogated Three People, Warned Them Not to Speak About Cases

Al-Monitor – A disagreement between the Central Bank of Iran and factions of the government, backed by lawmakers, over profits from foreign exchange sales has now taken the form of a pending amendment to the country’s annual budget law. If passed by the Guardian Council, the amendment — which calls on the central bank to pay a significant sum to the government as tax – …

Al-Monitor – Under Article 89 of the Iranian Constitution, an impeachment motion against a sitting president requires signatures from one-third of lawmakers to officially go before parliament. With 290 parliament members currently serving in a parliament dominated by pro-government moderates and Reformists, that goal might seem to be far-fetched and unrealistic. But the bumpy road is not holding back a small group …

PayvandNews – On Monday, Meybod celebrated becoming a world city for Zilou, a traditional type of floor covering commonly woven across the central Iranian city and its outskirts.

Radiofarda – Police chief of Greater Tehran has announced Tuesday the arrest of “twenty foreign currency dealers”, as the U.S. dollar makes more gains on the local market.

Shabtabnews – Four Sufi prisoners, at the end of their jail term, were transferred to the provinces  for the commencement of their exile  sentence.

Radiofarda – Iranian news outlets were busy “censoring”, or “rephrasing” the latest comments made by the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Radiofarda – The foreign ministers of China and Iran are meeting amid efforts to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.