Radiozamaneh – The Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) is a theocratic republic, with a governing system unlike any other country, not even other Islamic countries – including a separate judicial system for clerics known as the Special Clerical Court. Trial of Abdollah Nouri, a Reformist Cleric; 1999 – One year before trial, he was the Interrior Minster. After he was …

Amnesty – Amnesty International has conducted further research into the 40mm “less lethal” grenades killing protesters during the recent violence in Baghdad. The new analysis showed that, in addition to the Serbian Sloboda Ĉaĉak M99 grenades already identified, a significant portion of the deadly projectiles are in fact M651 tear gas grenades and M713 smoke grenades manufactured by the Defense …

CHRI – Fate of Detainees Unclear Despite Intervention by Supreme Leader Nearly two years after they were first detained in Tehran, eight conservationists have been charged with “cooperation with U.S. and Israeli enemy states against the Islamic Republic of Iran for the purpose of espionage for the CIA and Mossad,” the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. …

Al-Monitor – Two well-known brothers are once again causing a stir among Iranian hard-liners, leading a relatively younger generation of far-right political conservatives in a revolt against the old guard. The two are Vahid Jalili, 46, who has been involved in cultural affairs and is a senior figure among the new wave of hard-liners, and his 54-year-old sibling, former nuclear negotiator and presidential candidate Saeed Jalili. …

PayvandNews – Iran booked a place at the Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup Dubai semifinals Wednesday night. Team Melli beat Egypt 5-3 at the Kite Beach in Jumeirah thanks to a hat-trick from Amirhossein Akbari. Mostafa Kiani and Mohammad Masoumizadeh also scored goals. BeachSoccerWorldwide✔@BeachSoccer_WW FINAL WHISTLE: #Iran are through to the semi-finals after an Akbari masterclass!#IntercontinentalCupDubai #beachsoccer #Dubai 215:49 PM – …

Radiofarda – Iran’s top military commanders on Thursday presented an upbeat picture of the capabilities of the country’s armed forces without mentioning any details or concrete evidence. IRGC Commander Hossein Salami has said during a flag raising ceremony in Tehran on Thursday, November 7 that “Iran has closed all doors to the enemy,” adding that “No one in Iran echoes …

CHRI – More than 70 imprisoned members of the Sufi Gonabadi Order began a hunger strike in early November to honor their ailing spiritual leader Nour-Ali Tabandeh, who had been hospitalized due to complications from his own hunger strike, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. Sixty-nine of the hunger strikers are in the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary (GTCP) in the …

Radiofarda – The United States will target shipping companies that are in breach of sanctions and aggressively enforce measures across the globe to clamp down on such practices, a top U.S. official said on Wednesday. In one of the biggest sanctions actions taken by the U.S. government since its crackdown on Iranian oil exports, Washington imposed sanctions on Chinese companies …

Radiofarda – The rate of marriages in Iran dropped by nine percent in the 2018 compared with the previous year, an official at the National Organization for Civil Registration (NOCR), Alireza Sajedi, says. “NOCR registered 550,565 marriages in (the Iranian year) 1397 across Iran, which shows a nearly 9% drop, compared with 1396,” Sajedi asserted, adding that the rate of …

AP – Ten years ago while flanked by the leaders of Britain and France, then-President Barack Obama revealed to the world that Iran had built a “covert uranium enrichment facility” amid tensions with the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program. A decade later, Iran’s Fordo facility is back in the news as Iran prepared Wednesday to inject uranium gas into …