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Month: February 2020

Iran’s Clerical Rulers Ban Valentine’s Day As ‘Cultural Threat’

Radiofarda - To the great dismay of Iran's religious and political establishment, the celebration of Valentine's Day has become so…

Minister Says Israel And US Divided Up The Fight Against Iran

Radiofarda - Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennet on Monday said Israel will counter Iran in Syria and the United States…

Iran’s Zarif Says Canada’s Complaint Over Ukrainian Airliner Crash ‘Lacks Legal Basis’

Radiofarda - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif on Tuesday said Canadian complaints about a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot…

Is Iran’s Space Program A Disguise For Its Ballistic Missile Development Project?

Radiofarda - The Islamic Republic of Iran acknowledged its fourth failure in its space ambitions Sunday evening February 9, as…

Iran-backed Hezbollah steps in to support Iraqi militias after Soleimani’s death

Al-Arabia - Shortly after Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike in Iraq, the Tehran-backed…

Meet the two women who spread Christianity to hundreds in Iran’s Evin prison

Al-Arabia - When Iranian authorities sentenced two women to death in 2009 for spreading the message of Christianity, international observers…

Iran resorts to mass arrests of opponents on the eve of 1979 Revolution

Iran-HRM - Iran has made mass arrests of supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and former political…

French Academic Held In Iran Ends Hunger Strike, Condition ‘Not Good’

RFL/RE - A lawyer for an Iranian-French academic detained in Iran for eight months says his client has ended a six-week…

Woman In Iran Dies Of ‘Suspected Coronavirus,’ Patients In Russia Recover

RFL/RE - A woman has died in Tehran of a suspected coronavirus infection, an Iranian state newspaper reports.Without citing any sources, the…

U.S. Authorities Arrest 5 People For Allegedly Conspiring To Violate Iran Oil Sanctions

RFL/RE - Five people were arrested on February 11 on suspicion of conspiring to sell sanctioned Iranian oil to a…