Radiofarda – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday accused Iran of having a previously undisclosed site aimed at developing nuclear weapons that it destroyed. Iran destroyed the site located near the city of Abadeh, south of Isfahan, sometime between late June and late July after realising that Israel had detected it, Netanyahu alleged. In an address on live television, …

Radiofarda – Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) commander Hossein Salami appointed Brigadier General Gholamhossein Gheybparvar as his deputy at the Central Security Headquarters on September 7, in a likely bid to tighten security measures against possible protests. In his new post Gheybparvar will be the commander of Imam Ali Central Security Headquarters, a unit tasked in 2011 with confronting public protests …

Radiofarda – A young woman who had set herself on fire to protest her possible indictment for trying to enter a sports stadium in Iran has died in hospital. The 29-year old whose name has not been officially released was arrested in March trying to attend a men’s football (soccer) match in Tehran. Women are not allowed in Iran to …

Al-Arabia – The leader of Lebanese Hezbollah on Tuesday reaffirmed his loyalty to Iran and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, adding that he will not be on the fence if “Iran is involved in any war.” In a televised address, Hassan Nasrallah also said that there are “absolutely” no red lines when it comes to defending Lebanon against Israeli attacks. “Lebanon …

Al-Arabia – A drone attack caused an explosion at a weapons depot belonging to Iraq’s Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) in the Anbar province on Tuesday, local media outlets reported citing a top Anbar official. The PMU has said it holds the US responsible for a string of blasts in recent weeks in camps and weapons depots used by the mainly Shiite …

RFL/RE – In a new report, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) named Turkmenistan, Iran, and Belarus as being among the ten worst countries for press censorship.The report released on September 10 by the U.S.-based media-freedom watchdog said repressive governments in these countries “use sophisticated digital censorship and surveillance alongside more traditional methods to silence independent media.”In these ten countries, authorities ban …

VOA- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he could meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and that he had no problem with such an encounter. “It could happen. It could happen. No problem with me,” Trump told reporters at the White House. Trump has stepped up sanctions against Iran since he withdrew from a 2015 nuclear pact between Iran …

Radiozamaneh – The majority of Zamaneh audience who took part in the latest opinion panel say that they support the recent statement of activists inside Iran demanding the supreme leader to resign along with other sets of demands. More than half of those who have taken part in the survey presented in Zamaneh Media’s Opinion Panel live inside Iran. However, …

HRW – Iran’s judiciary is dramatically increasing the costs of peaceful dissent in Iran, Human Rights Watch said today. Since July 31, 2019 alone, revolutionary courts have sentenced at least 13 activists to prison sentences of more than a decade for peaceful dissent. “Again and again, Iranian revolutionary court judges have been ensuring that anyone who dares challenge the authorities will …

CHRI —Less than a year after workers’ rights activists in southwestern Iran publicized evidence that Intelligence Ministry agents had tortured detainees, those same activists and four independent journalists who covered their cases have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms. “The sentences are an indicator that newly appointed Judiciary Chief Ehrabim Raisi intends to prolong his predecessor’s reign of repression by punishing peaceful …