Iran-HRM – The vice president of the Free Union of Iranian Workers, Parvin Mohammadi, has been held incommunicado in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison.

RFL/RE – A French citizen has been in Iranian custody since October, France’s foreign minister has confirmed.

Radiofarda – A Dutch prosecutor has said there is no evidence the two men on trial for the 2015 murder of an Iranian-born man living in the Netherlands were carrying out a hit ordered by the Iranian intelligence apparatus.

Radiofarda – The Islamic Republic marked its 40th anniversary on February 11, 2019. Since 1979, the Iranian economy has experienced sharp fluctuations, mostly during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), international sanctions era (2012-2016) and more recently after the U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement in May 2018.

Radiofarda – Reports from Iran say that Monday evening and on Tuesday there were clashes and tensions between residents of the southeastern city of Dezful and the neighboring town Andimeshk over a new sign showing the borders of the two townships.

Radiofarda – Azam Jangravi fled Iran after being sentenced to three years in prison for removing her hijab in a protest against the country’s strict Islamic dress code.

RFL/RE – Tensions between Tehran and Washington are at “a maximum” rarely seen in the decades-long antagonistic relations between the two countries, Iranian President Hassan Rohani said on February 20.

RFL/RE – The trial of Iranian President Hassan Rohani’s brother, who was briefly arrested two years ago on charges of financial violations, has opened in Tehran, local media report.

VOA – An Iranian state news agency says authorities have extended a travel ban on the widow of an Iranian-Canadian environmentalist who died in prison last year after being arrested on suspicion of espionage.

Radiozamaneh – It is safe to say that there has been some commotion in the Iranian diaspora media scene over the past years: changes in editorial leadership, the emergence of rich television stations, tensions over renewed budgets and journalists hopping between media outlets. All of this is happening within a highly tense and uncertain geopolitical environment as well as turmoil …