Radiofarda – The head of Iran’s Judiciary, Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani has said that around 50,000 inmates will receive full or partial pardons on the 40th anniversary of Iran’s 1979 revolution.
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Three Iranian ‘Missile Researchers’ Killed In A Fire As Netanyahu Warns Iran
Radiofarda – Iran’s Minister of Telecommunications, Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi says three Iranian aerospace researchers have died in a fire that broke out at the Iranian Space Research Center affiliated with the ministry.
Read More »Oil Prices Firm On OPEC-led Supply Cuts, Sanctions Against Venezuela
Radiofarda – Oil prices prices were stable on Monday, largely maintaining gains from the previous session as OPEC-led supply cuts and U.S. sanctions against Venezuela provided the market with support.
Read More »Workers Say Labor Activist In ‘Serious Condition’
Radiofarda – Prominent Iranian labor activist Esmail Bakhshi is in serious condition behind bars, workers from the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane industrial complex have announced on their Telegram app channel.
Read More »Iran’s Stock Market Drops As Exports Decline
Radiofarda – The Tehran Stock Exchange has seen significant drops in its two latest sessions on February 2 and 3 due to deteriorating exports resulting from U.S. sanctions.
Read More »Rouhani’s Former Deputy Says His Government Has Failed Women
Radiofarda – President Hassan Rouhani’s former Deputy for Women and Family Affairs, Shahindokht Molaverdi, has admitted that the president who campaigned as a moderate and his team failed to address major problems confronting Iranian women.
Read More »Iraqi president: Trump did not ask for permission to ‘watch Iran’
Al-Arabia – Iraqi President Barham Salih said on Monday that US President Donald Trump did not ask Iraq’s permission for US troops stationed there to “watch Iran.”
Read More »Iran Human Rights Monitor – Monthly Report, January 2019
Iran-HRM – A labor activist’s Instagram post alleging he was tortured while in the custody of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry triggered a wave of revelations about torture committed against political prisoners and prisoners of conscience and unleashed a debate among Iranians on social media.
Read More »Iranian Environmental Activist Alleges Jail Torture To Make Confessions
Iran-HRM – Niloufar Bayani, a detained environmental activist in Iran, has said in a court sessions headed by judge Salavati that she has repeatedly been attacked and threatened by authorities and was forced to make confession.
Read More »Armed Attack On Iranian Shi’ite Pilgrims In Iraq Injures Nine People
RFL/RE – An armed attack on a bus in Iraq carrying Iranian Shi’ite pilgrims has injured at least eight passengers and the driver.
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