Radiofarda – Iran’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Hamid Baeidinejad, says the husband of a dual national, British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran has blocked the doorway to the embassy. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband, Richard, spent Saturday night in a tent near the embassy in Kensigton, London in solidarity with her wife who went on hunger strike on the same day at …

Radiofarda – Efforts by hijab enforcers in Iran to oblige women to observe a strict dress code have led to more incidents in public, as citizens resent strangers admonishing them about their appearance. Islamic Republic’s religious laws allow any citizen to stop another person who is not observing the proper dress code. But this vigilante activism almost always impacts younger …

Radiofarda – Iran’s Guardian Council said Saturday it sent a bill that would allow Iranian mothers married to foreigners to confer citizenship on their children back to parliament, citing “security” concerns. In a statement on its website, the council said it did not have an issue with the spirit of the bill, but rather the absence of any clauses allowing …

Radiofarda – The U.S. State Department reports that at least two Iranian military-controlled facilities have researched chemical agents with incapacitating effects, and Iranian research papers cite the potential military uses of Pharmaceutical-Based Agents. PBAs include, among others, the synthetic opioid fentanyl and the more powerful carfentanil. These powerful opioids could be used to incapacitate or kill those who ingest, inhale, …

Al-Arabia – In an interview with Asharq al-Awsat, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said that the Kingdom does not want war but will not hesitate to deal with any threat. “The kingdom does not want war in the region … but we will not hesitate to deal with any threat to our people, our sovereignty and our vital interests,” …

Al-Arabia – Foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said on Sunday Britain is “almost certain” Iran was behind attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, adding that London did not believe anyone else could have done it. On Saturday, Iran summoned the British ambassador to Tehran after London blamed it for the attacks, the semi-official Students News Agency ISNA reported. …

Iran-HRM – No news is available on the fate of Maysam Esmail Zehi, a young man from Zahedan, who was arrested 14 days ago by security forces and taken to an unknown location. Maysam Esmail Zehi was arrested on Saturday, June 1, 2019, a few days after an angry protest gathering outside the Governor’s Office in Zahedan to protest the …

Iran-HRM -Twenty days after getting arrested, the fate of Kurdish civil activist Zahra Mohammadi remains unknown. Zahra Mohammadi, 28, was arrested on May 23, 2019, by agents of the Intelligence Department of Sanandaj, capital of the Iranian Kurdistan Province. They raided her residence in Nayser township in Sanandaj. Ms. Mohammadi’s family managed to visit her on May 30, but have …

RFL/RE – Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has directly blamed archrival Iran for attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman and said his country “won’t hesitate to deal with any threat” against its people or interests.“The Iranian regime did not respect the Japanese prime minister’s visit to Tehran, and while he was there replied to his efforts by …

VOA – Iran summoned the British ambassador to Tehran on Saturday after Britain placed the blame on the country for the attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, according to Iran’s ISNA news agency. “During the meeting with Iran’s Foreign Ministry official, Iran strongly criticized Britain’s unacceptable stance regarding the attacks in the Gulf of Oman. … …