Radiofarda – Reports received from Radio Farda listeners in Iran and a government news agency indicate protests continued Monday and Tuesday in several cities and towns in Iran, with armed clashes reported. A listener from Mashhad, northeast Iran says Monday night protesters tried to attack the offices of Ayatollah Ahamd Alamolhoda, an influential hardliner cleric representing Iran’s Supreme Leader in …

Radiofarda – International condemnation of the Islamic regime’s use of military force against peaceful demonstrators continue as based informed estimates Amnesty International said Tuesday 106 protesters have been killed. The United States, the UN, Germany and France have condemned Tehran for its violence against those taking part in anti-government demonstrations that has left also thousands injured as a result of widespread use …

Radiofarda – The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has lambasted the Islamic Republic for shutting down the Internet in Iran. In a statement published on November 18, IJF said, “The Iranian regime has blocked nearly all internet access amid rising repression against protests over the hike in fuel prices that began on November 15. Furthermore, the international body that represents …

Radiofarda – A former revolutionary and ex-ally of the Islamic Republic Supreme Leader, Abolfazl Qadyani (Ghadyani), has held Ayatollah Ali Khamenei directly responsible for an overnight three-fold increase in gasoline prices in Iran. The increase is the outcome of Khamenei’s dictatorial and narcissistic position, Qadyani, 73, says in a statement published on Tuesday, November 19. The price hike led to …

Radiofarda – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei claimed Tuesday that protests in recent days were an “intelligence operation” not “popular protests”. Khamenei added, “both friends and enemies should know that we have pushed back the enemy in the military, political and security fields”. Protests erupted on last Friday when the Islamic Republic suddenly announced a gasoline price hike. Ordinary Iranians …

Al-Arabia – Iranian dual nationals are among those arrested since unrest began last week, sparked by a petrol price hike, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Wednesday.Citing security sources, Fars reported that detained German, Turkish and Afghan dual nationals had been trained and funded by foreign services to carry out operations for destroying infrastructure and stirring up civil disobedience. …

RFL/RE – Iran’s leaders have claimed defeat over an “enemy conspiracy” in the face of growing international condemnation of its deadly crackdown on demonstrations sparked by sharp fuel-price hikes. “Our people have been victorious,” President Hassan Rohani told a cabinet meeting on November 20, claiming that the “armed anarchists” who took to the streets across Iran were few in number. …

RFL/RE – The Israeli military says it has struck Iranian targets in Syria in what it said was retaliation for rockets fired on the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights region. Fighter jets on November 20 hit targets belonging to the elite Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), including surface-to-air missiles, weapons warehouses, and military bases, the Israeli military said. …

RFL/RE -Iran’s “extensive” missile development program has allowed the country to build the “largest missile force in the Middle East,” according to a new report by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). “The size and sophistication of its missile force continues to grow despite decades of counterproliferation efforts aimed at curbing its advancement,” said the study, released by the Pentagon on …

VOA – The Iranian people have experienced days without the internet, the result of a government-backed shutdown as a response to nationwide protests over gas price increases. This isn’t the first time the Tehran government has blocked Iranians’ access to parts of the internet or to social media sites. But observers say the current shutdown, which began Saturday night, has …