Radiofarda -Thirty percent of Iranian youth between the ages of 15-24 neither work nor study, according to figures published by the Labor Ministry and quoted by ILNA news website. The figures are based on an international statistical model called NEET, an acronym for “Not in Education, Employment, or Training”. NEET is commonly employed as a socio-economic measurement in many developed …

Radiofarda – In what appeared to be a possible attempt to address Western concerns about the nature of Iran’s nuclear program, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei once again prohibited the development and use of nuclear weapons, declaring it “haram.” Khamenei who was speaking to a group of elite students, said: “Although we could have moved in this direction, yet we declared …

Iran-HRM – Annual report on the death penalty in Iran, October 2019 Iran top per capita executioner Hundreds of people in Iran are sentenced to death annually. October 10, the World Day against the Death Penalty, reminds us of the thousands of death row prisoners lingering in jails in Iran. Iranian regime officials have never heeded to the International community’s …

RFL/RE – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged the European Union to condemn Iran, saying it lied over where oil from the tanker Adrian Darya 1 would be off-loaded. “Oil from the #AdrianDarya1 has been offloaded in Syria, proving that Iran lied to the UK and Gibraltar…EU members should condemn this action, uphold the rule of law, and …

CHRI – Iran’s Appeals Court, which met last week to review satirist Keyomars Marzban’s appeal against a preliminary court’s harsh sentence against him, is expected to issue a ruling next week without hearing his defense, a source with detailed knowledge of his case told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on October 9, 2019. In August 2019, Branch 15 of …

Al-Monitor – Turkey’s military buildup on its border with Syria aimed at crushing Kurdish fighters has fueled worries in Iran, which has remained the key regional ally of President Bashar al-Assad during his country’s eight-year conflict. Addressing a Cabinet meeting Oct. 9, just before Turkey launched a military operation into northern Syria, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Turkey, the “brotherly” country, to exercise “patience” and …

Al-Monitor — Even though the Iranian and US presidents did not meet or share a phone call during the UN General Assembly meetings in New York last month, the French say that important progress has been made on a substantive framework for possible talks, and it is largely a matter of sequencing — and overcoming mistrust — to see if the parties can …

france24 – Filmmaker Taghi Amirani calls them the documents that changed the fate of his country, casting light on Britain’s role in organising the overthrow of Iran’s leader six decades ago. His film, “Coup 53”, screened at the London Film Festival last weekend, purports to find fresh evidence that a British spy spearheaded the ousting of popular prime minister Mohammad …

PayvandNews – Iran suffered a 3-1 (25-18, 22-25, 25-18, 25-12) loss against the U.S. at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Men’s World Cup on Wednesday.  In the match held in Hiroshima in the second phase of round-robin play, Amir Ghafour scored 17 points for Iran and Aaron Russell led the U.S. with 18 points. See the match photos and statistics …

Radiofarda – The chief commander of Iran’s revolutionary guards (IRGC) General Hossein Salami says the guards are fully prepared to face “arrogant powers,” Tasnim news agency reported. The term “arrogant powers” usually refers to the West, particularly to the United States. Speaking at the IRGC naval Academy in Rasht near the Caspian Sea on Wednesday October 9, Salami said, “The …