Al-Arabia – Responding to a question regarding Iran’s human rights abuses, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran, said “I am a human rights professor, I have taught human rights for over 30 years,” at the 2019 Munich Security Conference.

Al-Arabia – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday warned his country’s government not to be deceived by European signatories of the nuclear deal with major powers, now under threat after a US withdrawal.

Iran-HRM – The family of a young man who was sentenced to death at 15 years old were informed by prison authorities that their son would be executed soon.

Iran-HRM – Iranian security forces fired shots in the air Friday February 15 evening after clashes between a crowd of people with morality police took place in Narmak, a neighbourhood in northeast Tehran.

RFL/RE – Australia says a “sophisticated state actor” was responsible for a cyberattack on Australian lawmakers earlier this month, most likely carried out by a foreign country.

VOA— Saudi Arabia has accused Iran of harboring what it said was “the board of directors of al-Qaida” and rejected charges Riyadh was behind last week’s suicide car bombing that killed against 27 personnel of the Iranian Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

Al-Monitor – To address the shortage of jobs in the country, Iran’s government has banked on the thriving technology sector. Yet, despite the alarming unemployment rate, fledgling service sector startups have difficulties with hiring unskilled workers. In this regard, traditional mentalities and new working conditions should be blamed.

PayvandNews — The Telecommunication Infrastructure Company will expand the national optical fiber network by 14,000 kilometers to 84,000 kilometers by the next two months, the company’s managing director Sadeq Abbasi Shahkouh said, Mehr reported on Friday.

Radiofarda – Although some reports say Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Twitter account has deleted an offending post which led to its “temporary suspension” by Twitter on Friday, others say it is “read only” mode.

Radiofarda – The Iranian government’s official news agency (IRNA) has confirmed reports that police in a working-class neighborhood of Tehran fired shots in the air Friday February 15 evening after residents had a clash with morality enforcement agents.