Al-Arabia – At least 40 protesters were killed in Iraq on Friday when security forces used tear gas and an Iranian-backed militia opened fire to try to quell renewed demonstrations against corruption and economic hardship, security sources said.A government intelligence officer and a member of the powerful Asaib Ahl al-Haq militia were killed in a clash with protesters in the …

VOA – A U.S. proposal to boost global humanitarian trade with Iran in accordance with U.S. sanctions has sparked a positive British response and a debate about whether the plan’s goal is achievable. In a Friday statement, the U.S. departments of Treasury and State announced the launch of what they called a “new humanitarian mechanism to ensure unprecedented transparency into humanitarian trade …

Amnesty – Imprisoned labour rights activist Sepideh Gholian and her family are suffering constant abuse and harassment by ministry of intelligence officials and prison authorities. Sepideh Gholian and fellow activist Esmail Bakhshi have been in prison since January 2019 in connection with their participation in peaceful protests. There are concerns about Sepideh Gholian’s health following a five-day hunger strike from …

Al-Monitor – At a ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement on Palestine in Baku, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif spoke about the United States, Israel and the so-called deal of the century. Zarif urged the member states of the Non-Aligned Movement to “have a united front and not allow the Zionist regime to push the issue of Palestine to the margins.” While no …

PayvandNews – Iranian government’s main statistics agency has released updated demographic data for the country, saying the population grew by around 4.7 percent since the last census was carried three years ago to top 83.75 million in September 2019. A report published on Wednesday by the Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) showed that the Iranian population grew at a stable …

Payvendnews – Behind the “veil of daily newspapers,” there are real faces of women—as revealed in the exhibition “My Iran: Six Women Photographers” at the Sackler Gallery. The photographs of their persistence in facing personal and political realities offer a female perspective over 40 years from the beginning of the Iranian Revolution to the present. In Newsha Tavakolian’s  life-sized looped projection, “Somayeh,” a teacher …

Radiofarda – In his latest speech at a cabinet meeting in Tehran on Wednesday, President Hassan Rouhani complained in the harshest tone he has ever used against his critics and those who he says obstruct his administration’s efforts to run the country. All Iranian presidents in the past 41 years have experienced a difficult last year in their second term …

Al-Arabia – At least two demonstrators died in Baghdad on Friday, the Iraqi Human Rights Commission said, as anti-government protests resumed following the deaths of dozens earlier this month. Iraqi police fired live shots into the air and dozens of tear gas canisters on Friday to disperse thousands of protesters on the streets of Baghdad, sending young demonstrators running for …

Radiofarda – The latest figures published by China Customs show a dramatic fall for Iranian imports in September 2019, compared to the same month in 2018. China has been Iran’s biggest trading partners in recent years. Total oil and non-oil Iranian exports to China in September was $823 million, almost half of what China bought from Iran in September 2019. …

Radiofarda – A 64-year resident of Central Ohio was sentenced to a 20-month sentence for violating U.S. sanction by supplying industrial and oil technology to Iran, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The statement issued on October 24 says Behrooz Behroozian who was born in Iran in 1955 and entered the United States in 1976 and for over a decade …