RFL/RE – Southern Iran has been rattled by a magnitude-5.3 earthquake, damaging buildings and injuring at least five people.

VOA – The victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran was an earthquake that upended the political order in the Middle East, and the aftershocks are still being felt 40 years later.

RadioZamaneh – The Swedish Trade Union Confederation referred to as LO along with four other labor and workers’ rights organizations in Sweden have issued a joint statement calling on the Iranian authorities to end the arrests and security treatment of Iranian workers and labor rights activists including Esmail Bakhshi, Ali Nejati, Jafar Azimzadeh, Parvin Mohammadi, as well as Sepideh Gholian.

HRANA – The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on February 10th, 2019 based on the information compiled and verified by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).

Radiofarda – The Friday Prayer Imam of Tehran, Ahmad Khatami who is an influential conservative cleric has said that Iran “has the formula for building a nuclear bomb”.

Radiofarda – Prince Reza Pahlavi has called for “civil disobedience” and an “all out reconstruction” of Iran in a message addressing young Iranians on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Islamic revolution that toppled monarchy in Iran in 1979.

Radiofarda – An official with the Iraqi government-sanctioned umbrella of mainly Shiite paramilitary groups says a militia commander was arrested after he criticized Iran’s influence in the country.

Radiofarda – The U.N. Security Council is calling on all Lebanese parties to implement a policy disassociating themselves from any external conflicts “as an important priority,” a statement that appears clearly aimed at Hezbollah which has sent fighters to Syria.

RFL/RE – The U.S. ambassador to Germany says the European mechanism designed to facilitate trade with Iran and avoid U.S. sanctions is “disrespectful” to Washington’s policies.

HRANA – The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on February 9th, 2019 based on the information compiled and verified by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).