Pompeo In Bahrain On Next Leg Of Mideast Charm Offensive
Radiofarda - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Bahrain's crown prince Tuesday on a Middle East trip aimed at…
Month: August 2020
Israel Launches Air Strikes On Hezbollah After Gunfire On Lebanon Border
Radiofarda - Israel said Wednesday it had conducted air strikes against Hezbollah observation posts in Lebanon after shots were fired…
Iran Lawmakers Aim To Fully Ban All ‘Foreign’ Messaging Apps
Radiofarda - Dozens of lawmakers in Iran have signed a motion to replace foreign messaging apps with domestically produced ones.…
Britain Waiting For US Permission To Pay Multi-Million Debt To Iran, Lawyers Of Jailed British Citizen Allege
Radiofarda - The lawyers of jailed British citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe are alleging that the UK government has stalled payment of…
Tehran Council Member Says COVID-19 Killed More Than 10,000 In Capital
Radiofarda - A member of the Tehran City Council said on Sunday that Tehran’s COVID-19 death toll has risen to…
Iran Police Arrests Man Named For Tens Of Rapes On Social Media
Radiofarda - Tehran Police Chief Hossein Rahimi said on Tuesday that authorities have arrested Keyvan Emamverdi, a former art student…
Iran Interior Minister Concerned Over Prospect of Low Turnout In Next Presidential Election
Radiofarda - Iran's Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli has expressed concern over possible low turnout in the country's next presidential…
UN Security Council Declines Action on US-Sought Return of Iran Sanctions
VOA - The president of the U.N. Security Council said Tuesday there is no consensus for restoring international sanctions on…
Veteran Journalist Reporting to Prison To Serve Three-Year Sentence
CHRI - The veteran journalist and political activist Keyvan Samimi must report to Evin Prison to begin serving a three-year prison sentence…
Iran: Two Prisoners Executed in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - In recent weeks, a prisoner in Dehdasht Prison and another in Yasuj Central Prison have…