Al-Arabia – US acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Monday he had approved sending a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East because of indications of a “credible threat by Iranian regime forces,” but did not provide any details on the underlying intelligence. US national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday the United States was deploying …
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Pompeo: US sees activity indicating possible ‘escalation’ from Iran
Al-Arabia – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday the United States has seen activity from Iran that indicated a possible “escalation,” one day after the United States said it would send a carrier strike group to the Middle East to counter a “credible threat by Iranian regime forces.” “We have continued to see activity that leads us …
Read More »Iran says US sending carrier, bombers to Mideast is ‘psychological warfare’
Al-Arabia – Iran’s security body said a US announcement of sending a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East to send a message to Tehran amounted to “psychological warfare”, the semi-official Tasnim news agency said on Tuesday.US National Security Adviser John Bolton said on Sunday the United States was deploying the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group and a …
Read More »Mixed Mideast Reaction Over US Carrier, Bomber Task Force Deployment
VOA — An announcement by U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton that Washington is sending an aircraft carrier group and bomber task force to the Middle East is drawing mixed reactions from countries in the region. Iran has condemned the move, while some U.S. allies nod in agreement. Arab media announced the U.S. deployment of the aircraft carrier group USS …
Read More »Detained Teachers Are Still in Unknown Conditions in Iran
Radiozamaneh – Several Iranian teachers have been arrested in recent days. Activists have raised concerns about their conditions in prison. Teachers Protesting in Hamedan, May 2 On May 2, Iranian teachers gathered in front of local offices of the Education Ministry in several cities to protest against government policies. In the Iranian official calendar, May 2 is Iran’s National Teachers’ …
Read More »Iran Executions: Two Men Hanged at Ardabil and Tabriz Prisons
Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Two men were executed at prisons of the Iranian northwestern cities of Tabriz and Ardebil on April 30 and May 4, 2019, respectively. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, on the morning of April 30, a man was hanged at Tabriz central prison for “rape charges.” The unnamed man was 32, from the city …
Read More »Journalists Condemn Arrest of Reformist Reporter Ahead of World Press Freedom Day
CHRI – Marzieh Amiri, a reporter for the reformist Shargh newspaper, has been in Evin Prison’s Ward 209 under the control of the Intelligence Ministry since she was arrested while covering a Labor Day protest in Tehran on May 1, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. Amiri was detained after she went to a detention center …
Read More »Tweets Against Iran’s Compulsory Hijab Law Land Male Activist in Prison
CHRI – Political activist Siavash Rezaeian has been told to report to a prison in central Iran for criticizing former Judiciary Chief Sadegh Larijani, criticizing Iran’s compulsory hijab law, and condemning the state’s suppression of street protests. “Branch 28 of the Appeals Court in Mazandaran Province upheld a sentence of three months and one day in prison against me for the …
Read More »Reports: Iran to adopt countermeasures as US revokes sanctions waivers
Al-Monitor – Iran will reportedly soon announce reciprocal measures in the face of the Donald Trump administration’s revoking of sanctions waivers allowing nuclear cooperation with Iran. European officials have unofficially been notified of the decision, according to media reports in Iran. May 8, when Iran is reportedly set to make the announcement, will mark the one-year anniversary of the US officially …
Read More »How Iran’s hard-liners aim to sideline traditionalist clerics
Al-Monitor – The relationship between the state and the clerical establishment in Iran has been unsteady over the last four decades. The state has often criticized the Qom seminary for its lackluster support for the Islamic Revolution and for its lack of involvement in everyday matters of government, as it limits itself to religious issues. Against this backdrop, hard-liners have …
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