Radiofarda – After years of delays, the Islamic Republic Judiciary has finalized a weaker bill for the “Protection of Women Against Violence” and returned it to President Hassan Rouhani’s administration. But the bill appears to be much weaker than the first draft proposed by the government. For one thing, the country’s judiciary has discarded the articles defining “violence” and its …

Al-Arabia – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said on Thursday that any US or Saudi military strike against his country would result in an “all out war.” “I am making a very serious statement that we don’t want war; we don’t want to engage in a military confrontation … But we won’t blink to defend our territory,” Zarif told …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei approved the attacks that targeted Saudi Aramco’s oil facilities on Saturday, CBS News cited a US official as saying on Wednesday. The source added that Khamenei approved the attacks on the condition that it be done in a way that Tehran could deny any involvement. On Wednesday, Arab Coalition Spokesperson Colonel Turki al-Maliki said that Saturday’s …

RFL/RE – FIFA President Gianni Infantino says he is hopeful that Iran will address the “unacceptable situation” of banning women from entering soccer stadiums as a World Cup qualifying match nears.The head of the world soccer’s governing body said in a statement on September 19 that he had contacted Iranian soccer officials several times recently over the issue and a …

RFL/RE – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States supports Riyadh’s “right to defend itself” after a weekend attack on its oil industry that Washington has blamed on Iran. Commenting after a meeting with Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince, Pompeo wrote on Twitter on September 19 that the Iranian regime’s “threatening behavior will not be tolerated.”Pompeo’s comments and the …

RFL/RE – Saudi Arabia has put on a display of drone and missile fragments that it said showed a weekend attack targeting the kingdom’s crucial oil industry was “unquestionably sponsored by Iran.” Defense Ministry spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki told a news conference in Riyadh on September 18 that 18 drones and seven cruise missiles struck from a direction that ruled …

VOA – A president with few ideological constants, Donald Trump has consistently been leery of getting entangled in overseas military engagements. It’s a stance shaped by his belief that wars in places like Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq have drained America’s resources at home and its reputation abroad. Despite his tough talk about American military might, Trump has largely kept the …

Radiozamaneh – FIFA has responded to calls asking the world football governing body to look into the Iranian women’s fight to gain access to stadiums after the tragic death of an Iranian female football fan – Sahar Khodayari. A female soccer fan in Iran. Iranians have been writing to FIFA following the death of Sahar Khodayari – known in the …

CHRI – People with disabilities and activists in Iran signed petitions and held several rallies in 2019 to protest the government’s unlawful refusal to allocate a budget for the implementation of the Law to Protect the Rights of the Disabled. According to Article 30 of the law, which was ratified by Parliament in May 2018, the government of President Hassan Rouhani …

gatestoneinstitute.org – On September 14, just a few days after former National Security Advisor Ambassador John R. Bolton was comfortably disappeared from the administration, Iran inflicted major damage on a massive oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia, Macron, in short, has done as much or more than any other European country to favor the Iranian regime — more than Germany, …