Radiofarda – The New York Times reported on February 18 that U.S. government agencies and some companies have been the target of aggressive Iranian and Chinese cyber-attacks recently.
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Iranian Athletic Chief Hopes ‘Israel Will be Wiped Out’ Before next Olympics
Radiofarda – The commander of the Basiji Athletes Organization, General Davoud Azarnoush, says he hopes Israel will be wiped out before the next summer Olympic games in Tokyo.
Read More »Iran minister: Suicide bombing on Revolutionary Guards will not go ‘answered’
Al-Arabia – Iran’s Minister of Intelligence, Mahmoud Alavi, said on Tuesday that his country will not let last week’s suicide bombing go “unanswered.”
Read More »Prince Turki al-Faisal: Iran should let go of its ‘extra-territorial ambitions’
Al-Arabia – In an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya English, Prince Turki al-Faisal, Chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, said that the Iranian government should focus on improving the situation for its people rather than on its “extra-territorial ambitions.”
Read More »Iranian IRGC General: Suspected Suicide Bomber Was Pakistani
RFL/RE – A suicide bombing that killed 27 members of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) last week was perpetrated by a Pakistani, a senior IRGC commander has said, according to Iran’s Tasnim news agency.
Read More »Tehranis Surround Morality Police Van, Spring ‘Hijab’ Detainees
RFL/RE – For years, Iran’s morality police have harassed women who don’t fully respect legislation requiring women to cover their hair and body in public, known as hijab laws.
Read More »Iranian Authorities Reveal A 500,000 Cache Of “Banned Books”
Radiofarda – This photo gallery shows images taken by journalists in Iran who were allowed to visit a warehouse, where confiscated books are stored.
Read More »Iran Says It Arrested 3 ‘Terrorists’ Behind Suicide Bomb Attack
Radiofarda – Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed breaking up a militant cell responsible for a suicide bomb attack last week that killed 27 servicemen.
Read More »U.S. Dollar, Prices Rise As Iran Faces Uncertainty
Radiofarda – The U.S. dollar is again on a steep rise in Iran. The greenback climbed to over 130,000 rials on Monday morning February 18. This is the biggest rise for the dollar in Iran’s government-controlled forex market during the past three months.
Read More »Iran’s Judiciary Denies Knowledge Of Ecologist’s Prison ‘Suicide’
Radiofarda – A year after the Islamic Republic authorities claimed that a prominent Iranian-Canadian environmentalist and university professor had committed suicide in prison; the Judiciary spokesman says that he does not know anything about the suicide.
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