gatestoneinstitute.org – For almost four decades, Iran’s regime has been squandering the nation’s resources on terror and militia groups… It is estimated that the regime has spent more than $100 billion on its nuclear program. Many employees of the government, including coal workers and railroad workers, have been protesting unpaid wages and salaries. One protester told Iran News Wire, “I …

Al-Monitor – The contentious topic of the US military presence in Iraq was at the heart of a meeting between Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in Tehran July 21. “The Islamic Republic expects officials in Baghdad … to follow up on ousting Americans from Iraq because their presence sparks insecurity,” Khamenei told the Iraqi …

atlanticcouncil.org – Iran has been ravaged by hundreds of brush and wildfires spreading across thousands of acres since May 22. The phenomenon is not entirely new but, the number of fires have increased by 2.5 percent compared to last year at this time. The fires have raised questions and concerns as to whether they were caused by accident or arson. The Arasbaran forest in northwestern …

PayvandNews – The Persian Dutch Network presents a recording which has been banned in Tehran for three decades: an opera based on a famous poem by Ahmad Shamlu, known as the ‘Poet of Freedom’ in Persia (Iran) Shamlu was an outspoken advocate for freedom of speech in his homeland, which caused serious restrictions to his activities, imposed by both the monarchy …

Shabtabnews – Following the US state departments report on Commission on Unalienable Rights and US Secretary State, Pompeo’s speech and video of the event, Persecuted Christians Coalition has through an Open Letter has requested US AG Barr to Designate the Chinese Communist Party as a Transnational Criminal Organisation. The reports can be seen via below links: https://www.state.gov/draft-report-of-the-commission-on-unalienable-rights/ https://www.state.gov/unalienable-rights-and-the-securing-of-freedom/ To sign …

Shabtabnews – USCIRF announces a hearing on Surveillance of Religion in China . As during the past two decades, the Chinese government has created an Orwellian surveillance state with an unprecedented ability to gather private information about its citizens. The government has installed hundreds of millions of surveillance cameras across the country, using facial and voice recognition systems to distinguish …

Radiofarda – Iraq’s new prime minister who arrived in Tehran on Tuesday for his first official visit abroad is scheduled to meet with the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. According to Iranian media, the visit will be the first meeting of the Iranian Supreme Leader with any foreign dignitary in person since the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic in Iran …

Radiofarda – The Secretary of The Islamic Republic’s hardliner-dominated Guardian Council (GC), ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, has called for expanding the already powerful body’s authority. Jannati says the GC should be involved in drafting laws from the outset and have the authority to remove “wrong-doing” lawmakers from Majles (Iranian parliament). Speaking to the members of the newly-elected parliament’s presidium on Monday, …

Radiofarda – Reacting to more than 11 million tweets calling for an end to executions in Iran, the Islamic Republic Judiciary spokesman has said, “We are not obliged to listen to the counter-revolutionaries, aggressive opposition movements and the media empire.” Furthermore, Gholam Hossein Esmaeili dismissed the record-breaking and unprecedented online campaign as “produced by robots.” The hashtag, “No to Death …

Radiofarda – Chairman of Iran’s Red Crescent Society (IRCS) Karim Hemmati on Monday announced that the United States has allowed the launch of a financial channel for transfer of international humanitarian aid to Iran. Speaking to the government news agency IRNA Hemmati said the launch of the channel was negotiated through the President of the International Committee of the Red …