Radiofarda – The United States Mission to the UN in a media note February 13 called on the Security Council to renew international sanctions banning the sale of certain weapons system’s to Iran because of “its program of terrorism, nuclear extortion, and destabilizing behavior”. The Security Council has less than 36 weeks until the October expiration of the UN arms …

Radiofarda – The latest report from Iran’s Central Bank (CBI) released on Thursday indicates a steep rise in the volume of money supply and increased government borrowing from banks. According to the report, the volume of liquidity has risen to 20,262 trillion rials or $174 billion (free market rate) showing a growth of 28% and 56% in December 2019 compared …

Radiofarda – Four days after heavy snowfall hit the province of Gilan, northern Iran, thousands of people in the urban and rural areas of the region are still without water and electricity. At least eight people have been killed and 145 more injured in the snow-hit province, while many rural roads are blocked. Over 250,000 people in Gilan are suffering …

HRANA – A letter signed by 14 civil rights activists was published in July-August of 2019 demanding resignation of Ayatollah Khamenei.  After this letter was published, some of the signees were arrested and some were under pressure. Currently, Abdolrasoul Mortazavi, Mohammad Hossein Sepehri, Mohammad Nourizad, Javad Laal Mohammadi, Seyed Hashem Khastar, and Fatemeh Sepehri who signed this letter are still in detention and …

HRANA – Amir Salar Davoudi, attorney detained in Evin Prison, has been on hunger strike from February 9, 2020, protesting not being granted a furlough. In a note published on February 12, 2020, Amir Salar Davoudi explained his motives to go on hunger strike protesting authorities refused to grant him a furlough and added “I have been incarcerated for 15 …

HRANA – Fatemeh (Mary) Mohammadi, is a detained Christian convert and the former prisoner. She was studying English translation at Islamic Azad University North Tehran Branch but on December 21, 2019, she was banned from entering the university and was told that she has been banned from studying there. First arrest Fatemeh Mohammadi was arrested on November 18, 2017, for …

Al-Arabia – A missile attack launched from Israel on military targets near Damascus overnight killed three Syrian and four Iranian fighters, a war monitor said Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes on the Damascus airport area had killed at least three Syrian soldiers and four members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. Syria’s air defenses intercepted and downed several …

Al-Arabia – Iran is ready to strike the United States and Israel if they give it any reason to do so, the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards said in a live broadcast on state television on Thursday. “If you make the slightest error, we will hit both of you,” Major General Hossein Salami said in a speech at a …

Iran-HRM – Amir Salar Davoudi has sent out an open letter from prison, announcing that he has started a hunger strike since February 9, 2020. On the reason of his hunger strike, Amir Salar Davoudi wrote: “Because the authorities have not made any decision on my furlough, and particularly because they have not agreed with it, I will continue my …

RFL/RE – Some 35 heads of state and government, security leaders, and diplomats are set to attend the Munich Security Conference, which begins on February 14 at a time of high tensions amid allies and long, bloody conflicts elsewhere. French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg are expected at the event, which runs …