VOA – A once-detained Iranian oil tanker pursued by the U.S. appears to be off the coast of Syria, where Tehran reportedly promised the vessel would not go when authorities in Gibraltar agreed to release it several weeks ago, according to satellite images obtained Saturday by The Associated Press. The appearance of the Adrian Darya-1 in waters near Tartus comes …

CHRI – Imprisoned civil rights activist Atena Daemi and recently released political prisoner Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi were informed that they must serve an additional 2.1 years in prison now that the Tehran Appeals Court upheld a joint sentence against them under the charges of “insulting the supreme leader” and “propaganda against the state.” Daemi’s mother, Masoumeh Nemati, told the Center for Human Rights in …

Al-Monitor – When Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani, a former chairman of Iran’s judiciary, came under political fire recently, he reacted with an over-the-top outburst that could endanger his future and that of his highly influential family. When Larijani was appointed judiciary chief in 2009 — a position he held until December 2018 — many considered him a strong candidate to eventually become supreme leader. But his standing has …

hollywoodreporter – Taghi Amirani’s deeply researched documentary focuses on the crucial 1953 Anglo-American-engineered regime change in Iran. Arguably one of the most consequential but little-discussed foreign policy decisions of the post-World War II era is enthrallingly dissected in Coup 53. People under 40 or so generally know something about Vietnam, the crumbling of the Soviet Union and European communism and the fallout …

Radiofarda – U.S. President Donald Trump has reiterated that “dropping sanctions against Iran is not going to happen at this time.” Trump made the remark during a telephone conversation with his French Counterpart President Emmanuel Macron, Special assistant to the President of and white House deputy press secretary Judd Deere tweeted on Thursday August 5. Deere added that the two …

Radiofarda – A Norway-based Iranian human rights organization reports that 38 people were executed in Iran in August, double the rate in the same period last year. Iran Human Rights (IHR) says based on information it has collected 32 of those executed were convicted of first-degree murder, six were hanged for major narcotics and drug trafficking convictions. Two prisoners were …

Radiofarda – The Iraqi militia group Hashd al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), announced the formation of their own air force on Thursday, September 5. A statement by the PMF, a close ally of Iran, circulated through Iraqi news outlets said PMF’s deputy chief Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes ordered the formation of the air force directorate, appointing Salah Mahdi Hantoush as …

Radiofarda – The Lieutenant Commander of Iran’s air defense headquarters said on Wednesday, September 5 that the force is seeking to directly receive a part of Iran’s income from overflight fees paid by airlines. Speaking to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)-run news agency Fars, Iranian Army Brigadier General Qader Rahimzadeh claimed that the number of airplanes using the country’s …

Radiofarda – Figures received by Radio Farda from Kpler, a data intelligence firm show Iran’s oil exports in August declined to 160,000 barrels per day, versus 365,000 in July. Last year in August Iran exported around two million bpd; before the United States imposed oil sanctions in November. Kpler’s figures indicate Iran exported 22 thousand bpd to Turkey, 33 thousand …

Radiofarda – The standoff between Iran and the United States has been playing out in full in the media during this week. The United States has offered monetary rewards for “actionable” information on what Washington calls Tehran’s “oil-for-terror” network. The State Department has also confirmed that Washington had offered an award to the captain of the Iranian oil tanker wandering …