Iran claims it circumvents US sanctions with shipments to Venezuela
Al-Monitor - In open defiance of the US “maximum pressure” policy, a second Iranian tanker has arrived in the Venezuelan…
Month: May 2020
Iran records 1,787 new COVID-19 cases on May 26
PayvandNews - The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has infected 1,787 people and claimed 57 lives in Iran in the past 24…
Activist Says Severely Beaten And Detained After Attending Court
Radiofarda - In a voice recording sent from Qarchak prison on Monday Soheila Hejab, a political and civil rights activist,…
Khamenei Representative Apologizes To Young Protester Shot By Plastic Bullets
Radiofarda - Iranian news agencies on Monday reported that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's representative in Khuzestan has visited the families…
France Says Relations With Iran Tougher After Citizen Sentenced
Radiofarda - France’s foreign minister has condemned Iran’s decision to sentence a French-Iranian academic to prison and said relations with…
Protests For Lack Of Drinking Water Turns Into Hot Discussion Among Iranians
Radiofarda - A clash between protesters demanding drinking water and security forces in southwestern Iran has turned into the hottest…
Iran’s Central Bank To Merge Several Military-Owned Banks Amid Economic Crisis
Radiofarda - The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced on Monday that two banks owned by the…
Iran Minister Says Turkey Unwilling To Repair Gas Pipeline Blown Up In Attack
Radiofarda - Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh on Monday blamed Turkey for not showing interest in repairing a gas…
Not All Ayatollahs Agree With Khamenei Over End Of Ramadan
Radiofarda - Some Iranians including those who follow Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's religious edicts marked the end of the fasting…
Three porters shot, one killed by security forces in Urmia border region
Iran-HRM - Military forces stationed in the border regions of Urmia shot three porters on Sunday, May 24. As a…