radiofarda – The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnasser Hemmati says the value of the Iranian currency rial has been strengthened by 40 percent during recent months. Hemmati’s claim comes on the backdrop of a sharp devaluation of Iran’s rial last year and its partial recovery in recent months. He was probably referring to last year when …

radiofarda – Iran’s deputy defense minister has said his country has accurate missiles it has not unveiled to be able to surprise its “enemies”. Qassem Taqizadeh who was speaking prior to Friday Prayer sermon in Mashhad said, “A lot of accomplishments cannot be revealed through the media, so we hide them” to surprise the enemy when the day comes. Taqizadeh …

rferl.org – As head of Iran’s judiciary for a decade, Sadegh Amoli Larijani held significant power to use the country’s legal system to crack down on dissenters, political opponents, and others. Within months of a new judiciary chief’s appointment in March, Larijani’s political enemies looked to have been hitting back. One of the most prominent members of an influential political …

rferl.org – Iran’s Foreign Ministry says it has imposed sanctions on the Washington-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies and its CEO — saying the organization has promoted sanctions and “economic terrorism” against Iran. Reports on August 24 by Iranian media, including the semiofficial Fars news agency, quoted a statement by Iran’s Foreign Ministry as saying the foundation and its CEO …

rferl.org – An Iranian-flagged oil tanker that has been pursued by the United States in the Mediterranean Sea for weeks now appears to be heading for a port in Turkey. The crew of the Adrian Darya 1, formerly known as Grace 1, changed its listed destination in its Automatic Identification System (AIS) to Mesrin, Turkey, early on August 24. Experts …

iran-hrm – Nearly 200 inmates in the notorious Qarchak Prison in Varamin detailed the horrid conditions of the prison in a letter to Tehran’s Director-General of Prisons. They announced on Saturday, August 17, 2019, that they would reject the food provided by the authorities until their demands are met. In their letter to the director-general of prisons, Heshmatollah Hayat al- …

iran-hrm – Labor activist Nasrin Javadi, a member of the Iran Workers’ Free Union who was detained during a Labor Day demonstration was sentenced to seven years of prison and 74 lashes. She was also banned from using a smartphone and similar devices. Her trial was held at the Revolutionary Court in Tehran on August 6, 2019. According to the …

payvand – Security forces in Iran have arrested two members of the Iranian Parliament (Majles) on charges of “disrupting the car market,” a member of parliament’s ethics committee told Fars news agency on Thursday, August 22. The lawmaker told Fars that the Fereydoun Ahmadi and Mohammad Azizi who were arrested on Wednesday were linked to a financial corruption case at …

radiofarda – The spokesman for the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, Ahmad al-Sahaf says his office is “following with great interest” reports about an Iraqi woman being beaten at Iran’s Mashhad airport, Al Arabiya reported on Thursday August 22. The remarks were made after social media sites released the video of an Iraqi woman said to have beaten by a police officer …

radiofarda – Britain will not change its backing of the 2015 deal on Iran’s nuclear program under new Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a British diplomatic source said Friday, a day ahead of a G7 summit where the Iranian atomic drive is set to be a major sticking point. “We are strong supporters” of the nuclear deal, said the official, asking …