PayvandNews – Two Asiatic cheetahs, kept in captivity at Tehran’s Pardisan Park, have reached the bitter end because they have lost their ability to regenerate and should be returned to nature.  Female Asiatic cheetah, Delbar, and the male one, Kushki have lived in the capital for the past few years. Female Asiatic cheetah Delbar In 2015, the female Asiatic cheetah …

Radiofarda – People of Iran are tired of wasting their national wealth in proxy wars, the U.S. State Department Representative for Iran, Brian Hook said on Tuesday, December 10. Speaking at a Town Hall meeting at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) in Washington D.C., Hook insisted that the Maximum Pressure Campaign on Iran (MPCI) corresponds with what people …

AFP -The UN has been unable to confirm Iranian involvement in a dramatic attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia earlier this year, secretary-general Antonio Guterres said Tuesday. Drones and cruise missiles were used in the September bombardment, which knocked out half of the kingdom’s crude production and fueled a record surge in prices. Saudi officials, the United States and …

Radiofarda – A former revolutionary, turned bitter opponent of Iran’s Supreme Leader has called for a boycott of next February’s parliamentary elections and using “every opportunity” to protest. In a statement, Abolfazl Qadiani (Ghadyani) said, “boycotting the elections is not a sign of passivity”, rather “participating in the elections of a controlled, impotent and crippled parliament”, which is just a …

Radiofarda – President Hassan Rouhani’s administration announced Tuesday that two billion euros ($2.22 billion) will be taken from Iran’s National Development Fund and given to the military, boosting its budget by 8 percent in the next Iranian calendar year. Iran is in the grip of a deep recession with a 9 percent contraction this year and faces serious problems with …

Radiofarda – In a petition published on December 9 by Amnesty International civil society organizations urged the UN member countries to publicly condemn the grave human rights violations by the Iranian authorities. The petition calls on governments to support the draft resolution of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly’s on November 14 on the situation of human rights in Iran and …

Radiofarda – An outspoken lawmaker in Iran has attacked the entities under Khamenei’s control for undermining the authority of the Parliament and warned that weakening the Majles can lead to the downfall of the regime. In a fiery speech in Majles on Tuesday Ali Motahari harshly criticized the involvement of entities appointed by Khamenei in legislation and called for the …

Al-Arabia – Iran is excavating tunnels at its Imam Ali military base in Syria near the Iraqi border, according to new satellite images. Images released by ImageSat Intl. show Iran is building tunnels in Syria near Iraq border. (Supplied:ISI) The images released by ImageSat Intl. (ISI) estimated the tunnel’s width to be around four or five feet, which is suitable …

VOA – Russia’s challenge to NATO and democratic nations, as well as Iran’s influence on the wider Middle East, remain two of the top threats to world peace, two former White House advisers to presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump said Tuesday. The comments by the two former Marine generals, ex-Trump chief of staff John Kelly and Obama national security …

Radiozamaneh – Borhan Mansornia (1991-2019) was only 28 years old when he was shot in the November uprising in the Kurdish majority city of Kermanshah. A Doctor of Veterinary medicine, Borhan came from a Kurdish family and was serving his mandatory military service in the city of Kermanshah, where some of his family resided. Borhan Mansornia was killed in the …