According to a report from Amnesty at least 200 people have been killed in Iran during the demonstrations that took over the country November 15th 2019. It is believed that the death toll is even higher, something that is referred to as baseless allegations by the Iranian authorities. Footages and videos taken by protesters’ smartphones show security forces and paramilitary …

These days, it is not easy, to get a clear understanding of the relationships created over time between countries and between powerful world leaders. To get some sort of an idea, you will require time and an uncensored Internet connection; moreover, you need to cut through all the noise out there and that requires critical searches beyond what we are …

ّّRadiofarda – In a press conference on Sunday Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said Oman had not sent a delegation to Tehran to mediate with the U.S. to be rejected as claimed by Lebanon’s Al-Mayadeen. According to the Islamic Republic News Agency, the Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen which is close to the Lebanese Hezbollah and Iran, quoted an “informed source” on …

Radiofarda – The main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) plunged by more than 3% within five minutes from the opening of trade on Saturday, the first working day of the week in Iran, while the Iranian rial lost more of its value against the dollar and crude oil prices went up in international markets. The drop is in reaction …

Radiofarda – Afghan politicians’ immediate reaction to Qassem Soleimani’s killing showed a mixture of anger and grief. Several called him a martyr. However, they stressed that his killing should not become a tool of intensifying proxy wars inside Afghanistan. Leading the chorus, former president Hamid Karzai condemned the killing and said such a move would further destabilize the region. Karzai’s …

Radiofarda – Iran Chess Federation on January 2 expelled veteran Iranian female chess grandmaster Mitra Hejazipour for boldly removing her scarf during the World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship in Moscow which is considered as defiance of the compulsory Islamic dress code (hijab). “She has no place in the Islamic Republic’s national team anymore,” the president of Iran’s Chess Federation, …

Al-Arabia – US President Donald Trump warned in a tweet on Sunday that he will hit Iran ‘harder than they have ever been hit’ if the US was attacked. “If they attack again, which I would strongly advise them not to do, we will hit them harder than they have ever been hit before!” he said. Donald J. Trump✔@realDonaldTrump They …

Al-Arabia – The body of Iranian IRGC commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed in Iraq in a US military strike has been returned to Iran, the official IRIB news agency reported on Sunday..Soleimani’s body was flown to the city of Ahvaz in southwest Iran.IRIB posted a video clip of a casket wrapped in an Iranian flag being unloaded from a plane as …

RFL/RE – The British defense chief says the country’s navy will accompany U.K.-flagged ships through the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid raised regional tensions following the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani in Iraq. Defense Minister Ben Wallace said on January 4 that he had ordered the HMS Montrose and HMS Defender to prepare for renewed escort duty …

RFL/RE — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a National Terrorism Advisory bulletin warning of a potential cyberattack by Iran in the wake of a U.S. drone attack that killed a senior Iranian military commander.“Iran maintains a robust cyberprogram and can execute cyberattacks against the United States,” reads the bulletin, dated January 4.The United States is bracing for …