gatestoneinstitute.org – The Iranian regime has been involved in assassinations, terror plots, and terrorist attacks in more than 40 countries. While the Iranian regime continues its assassinations and terrorist plots in the West, the EU and the UN — which it is time for the US to defund — remain silent. The Iranian regime has been involved in assassinations, terror …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A male prisoner, convicted of “premeditated murder” was secretly executed in Khorramabad Central Prison on April 18, 2020. According to Iranian Human Rights, on April 18, a prisoner was executed in Khorramabad Central Prison. The prisoner has now been identified as Mohammad Javanmard, who had been on death row for “premeditated murder”. Javaneh-ha website, which …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – At least three prisoners sentenced to “retaliation in kind” for premeditated murder have been executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj. According to Iranian Human Rights, at least three prisoners were executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj on the morning of Wednesday, July 1st. The three prisoners, who had been sentenced to “retribution in-kind” …

Radiofarda – Iranian lawmakers continuously heckled Foreign Minister Javad Zarif at the Iranian Parliament on Sunday July 5 throughout his speech, which was interrupted several times. Zarif was at the Majles on Sunday to brief the parliament and offer explanations on some foreign policy issues when several MPs called him “liar” and one even chanted “death to the liar.” It …

Radiofarda – Israel’s defense minister said on Sunday it is not “necessarily” behind every mysterious incident in Iran, after a fire at the Natanz nuclear site prompted some Iranian officials to say it was the result of cyber sabotage. Israel, widely believed to be the region’s only nuclear power, has pledged never to allow Iran to obtain atomic weapons, saying …

Radiofarda – The Iranian currency rial fell to new lows against the U.S. dollar in trading on Sunday at Tehran’s exchange market, going above the 220,000 rial to the dollar mark. The battered currency was trading above 210,000 a day earlier and the Sunday, July 5 drop was almost 8,000 rials. The euro traded at 247,950. Iranian officials describe the …

Radiofarda – A young lawyer who was sentenced by a Revolutionary Court in Iran to a two-year suspended prison term for critical remarks he made four years ago has been acquitted. Mohammad Ali Kamfiroozi was tried on charges of “insulting” the Islamic Republic Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, but in fact his only asked if the top leader can be questioned …

Radiofarda – Raha Bahraini, an Amnesty International researcher for Iran, told the BBC on Friday that the human rights watchdog is trying to prevent the extradition of Alireza Japalaghy, an Iranian athlete and photographer to Iran on the grounds that his life will be endangered. Japalaghi was arrested over a rooftop kiss and the photo that he shared on Instagram …

Radiofarda – Beijing’s increasing political influence in Tehran during the past five years, and the unusual growth in military cooperation and trade between the two have turned China into the biggest winner of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, says Iranian analyst Reza Taghizadeh. On 29 June the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi called the document about this cooperation …

Al-Arabia – There can be no normalization of relations between the United States and Iran unless and until Tehran changes its behavior, said Bradley Blakeman, a former adviser to George W. Bush. https://vid.alarabiya.net/2020/07/04/bradleyblakemanc8d19fdf/bradleyblakemanc8d19fdf___bradleyblakemanc8d19fdf_video.mp4 “The US is continuing our maximum pressure campaign of sanctions against Iran. Iran has to understand that there can be no normalization of relations between the United …