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Month: August 2020

Pompeo Warns Russia, China Against Opposing US Move To Reimpose Iran Sanctions

Radiofarda - Ahead of his planned U.N. visit on Thursday to trigger the mechanism for re-introduction of all U.N. sanctions…

Head Of Khamenei Charity In Iran ‘Apologizes’ For Exposing Top Officials, Entities

Radiofarda - The head of a wealthy, state-sponsored charity in Iran has apologized Wednesday for his controversial and revealing remarks…

Iran Court Upholds Lengthy Sentences Against Christian Pastor And His Wife

Radiofarda - The Islamic Republic's Court of Appeals recently upheld the sentences of Rev. Victor Bet-Tamraz and his wife Shamiram…

US Hits UAE-Based Aviation Firms With Sanctions Over Iran

(AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday slapped sanctions on two aviation companies in the United Arab Emirates over their…

Iran Parliament To Go Ahead With Questioning Rouhani Over His Economic, Foreign Policies

Radiofarda - Majles Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said this on Wednesday, August 19 following a constitutional warning issued by Jabbar…

Iran Jailed, ‘Coerced’ Canadian Facebook Whiz To Turn Informant, He Says

RFL/RE -Thirty-seven-year-old Facebook engineer Behdad Esfahbod has made the same wintertime trip every year since 2015. Yet this past January,…

Pompeo To Inform UN That U.S. Will Begin ‘Snapback’ Of Sanctions On Iran

RFL/RE - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will formally notify the UN Security Council on August 20 that the…

US Charges 3 in Scheme to Move US Currency to Iran

VOA - The U.S. Justice Department has charged three people in connection with what prosecutors say was a campaign to…

Infected Labor Activist Taken to Another Prison Instead of Hospital

Iran-HRM - Infected labor activist Jafar Azimzadeh has started a hunger strike since Sunday August 16, after being transferred from…

Authorities Execute Five Inmates in Northwest Iran Prison

Iran-HRM - Iranian authorities executed five people including a woman on Tuesday, August 18, 2020, in the Central Prison of…