Radiozamaneh – An interview with Farzad Seifikaran, a journalist who documents and narrates the stories of the fallen protesters of the November gasoline protests in Iran.  Mahtab Divsalar December 25, 2019 at 5:57 am The recent nationwide protests in Iran started on 14 November against the decision of the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company (NIOPDC) to increase gasoline prices. …

VOA – The top-rated Iranian chess champion says he will not play for Iran in an upcoming tournament and is ready to renounce his citizenship because of a ban on competing against Israeli players. Alireza Firouzja is “currently living in France…and may want to play under the French or U.S. flag” the head of the Iranian chess federation told Tehran’s …

Al-Monitor – Iran’s parliament is studying a proposed budget for the next fiscal year amid an extremely tight economy suffering under intense US sanctions. One important aspect of this proposal is Foreign Ministry funding, which has been under increased pressure from both proponents and opponents of President Hassan Rouhani’s administration. Rouhani’s critics argue that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has been focused …

PayvandNews – Iran’s women’s team made history by winning the 2019 World Alysh (Belt Wrestling) Championships for the first time on Monday. Team Melli claimed the title with 93 points, followed by Kyrgyz Republic (89) and Kazakhstan (63).  The Iranian women won three medals in the competition. Iran’s women Alysh team Hanieh Ashouri seized a gold medal at the +75kg …

Shabtabnews – Dr. Noor Ali Tabandeh, also known by his spiritual title ‘Majzoub Ali Shah’ the spiritual leader of the Gonabadi Sufi Order in Iran, passed away on 24th December 2019 in Mehr Hospital of Tehran, following almost 2 years of being held under house arrest. Dr. Tabandeh was held under inhumane conditions, with severe mental and physical cruelty inflicted upon …

Shabtabnews – Dr Noor Ali Tabandeh, who was under effective house arrest since February 2018, with little no contact with his students and with no proper access to medical care passed away earlier today in Mehr Hospital, in Tehran. Dr Tabandeh who was a lawyer and Judge prior to becoming the spiritual leader of Gonabadi Sufis, was a strong advocate …

Radiofarda – A spokesperson for the Islamic Republic Plan and Budget Organization (PBO) says President Hassan Rouhani’s administration exaggerated Iran’s expected oil exports in next year’s budget for political reasons. The budgetary assumption that Tehran will be able to export one million bpd of crude was intended to “inspire hope,” Mojgan Khanlou admitted on a radio talk show. After the …

Radiofarda – Prince Reza Pahlavi, the exiled heir to Iran’s throne has asked European members of the UN Security Council to support a legal case against the Islamic Republic after a Reuters report saying 1, 500 protesters were killed by security forces in November. The prince has asked governments to take the case to the International Criminal Court (ICC) at …

Radiofarda – The head of Iran’s Nuclear Energy Organization has said his country is ready to draft a document disavowing nuclear weapons and certifying that Iran’s nuclear program has only peaceful purposes. Iran’s government-controlled Mehr News Agency reported that Ali Akbar Salehi told a news briefing that the idea is for President Donald Trump to lift U.S. sanctions imposed on …

Radiofarda – The spokesman of Iran’s Emergency Services Organization said December 23 that in the past 24 hours 2,426 people visited hospital emergency rooms. These were people with heart and respiratory diseases who are most vulnerable to air pollution. The spokesman Mojtaba Khaledi told the government news website IRNA that emergency cases were the highest in Tehran Province, with 1,209 …