‘Death to the dictator’: Iran protests intensify after petrol price hike
Al-Arabia - Several protests erutped across Iranian cities on Saturday, with many protesters blocking main roads with their cars and…
Month: November 2019
As Protests Spread In Iran, Clashes Reported With Security Forces
Radiofarda - Large protests rocked major Iranian cities Friday and continued Saturday, with clashes reported between protesters and security forces…
Car bomb kills at least one near protest camp in Baghdad: Authorities
Al-Arabia - At least one person was killed and more than a dozen wounded late Friday when a bomb placed…
Grand Ayatollah Calls On Iran Parliament To Revoke Gasoline Price Rise
Radiofarda - Grand Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani has called on the Iranian Parliament (Majles) on Saturday, November 16 to revoke the…
Iran’s Exiled Prince Calls For Overthrow Of Regime Amid Protests
Radiofarda - As gasoline price-increase protests spread to a dozen cities in Iran, exiled prince Reza Pahlavi tweeted Friday that…
Amnesty International Demands UN Investigation Into Iran Mass Killings
Radiofarda - Amnesty International (AI) has issued a statement welcoming Sweden’s arrest of a former Iranian official accused of taking…
Rouhani Defends Gasoline Price Rise, As People Protest In Iran
As angry reactions and calls for protests in Iran have begun against the government’s fuel price increase, President Hassan Rouhani…
Three Baha’is were sentenced to 23 years imprisonment
HRANA - Behnam Eskandari, Yalda Firouzian, and Ardeshir Fanaiyan, three Baha’i citizens residing in Semnan, were sentenced to 23 years…
The trial of seven civil rights activists was held in the Revolutionary Court of Tehran
HRANA - On November 10, 2019, Moin Hajizadeh, Raha Ahmadi, Leila Mirghafari, Armin Sourani, Mohammad Abolhasani, Saman Zandian, and Vahid…
Outrage In Iran Over Hike In Gas Prices As Economic Woes Worsen
RFL/RE - Iranians are blasting their government for rationing gas and greatly increasing its price, with many concerned that the…