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Month: November 2019

Why Ethnic Arabs Poured Into Streets In Iran After Death Of A Young Poet

Radiofarda - Protesters in Ahvaz in Khuzestan Province and some Ethnic Arab rights' activists claim Iranian security and intelligence bodies…

Four killed, scores wounded in Baghdad protests

Al-Arabia - At least four protesters were killed and more than 65 wounded on Thursday in clashes with Iraqi security…

Iraq ‘will never be the same’ after protests: top cleric al-Sistani

Al-Arabia - Iraq will be deeply marked by weeks of demonstrations demanding sweeping reform, its top Shia cleric said on…

Iran Imposes Gasoline Rationing, Raises Prices As U.S. Sanctions Continue To Bite

RFL/RE - Iranian authorities have imposed rationing on gasoline purchases and have increased the price of fuel substantially as the…

For First Time, Iranian Arrested For Involvement In Mass Execution Of Political Prisoners In 1988

RFL/RE - In the summer of 1988, thousands of political prisoners were secretly executed in Iran following a fatwa by…

Ex-IAEA Official: Iran’s Apparent Explanation for Uranium at Tehran Site is Dubious

VOA - A former IAEA official says diplomats working with the U.N. nuclear agency do not believe Iran’s apparent explanation…

Widow of Detainee Who Died in Iranian Custody Recognizes Her Interrogator Posing as “Reporter” on State TV

CHRI - A man claiming to be a reporter in a pseudo-documentary about Iran’s detained conservationists that was aired by…

Man Imprisoned for Protesting Compulsory Hijab Punished by New Evin Prison Director

CHRI - Imprisoned civil rights activist Farhad Meysami was transferred from Evin Prison in Tehran to Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj (west of the…

Iran debates end of confession broadcasts

Al-Monitor - In the past four decades, Iran's intelligence organizations and the like-minded state broadcaster have aired many "confessions" by individuals…

Tehran welcomes China’s presence in Middle East

Al-Monitor - China's special envoy to the Middle East, Zhai Jun, visited Iran recently to discuss key developments in the…