Guardian.com – A first-hand account of Britain’s role in the 1953 coup that overthrew the elected prime minister of Iran and restored the shah to power has been published for the first time. The account by the MI6 officer who ran the operation describes how it took British intelligence years to persuade the US to take part in the coup. Meanwhile, MI6 recruited agents …

Shabtabnews – In a joint statement 71 global human right organisations such as Human Rights Watch, Chinese Human Right defenders and International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights called on Western governments to coordinate their condemnations and sanctions against Chinese government in order to dissuade China from violating the rights of its citizens The statement stated: “Globalizing and harmonizing “Magnitsky-like” targeted …

Radiofarda – Iran’s defense minister says industrial companies his ministry controls have expanded their involvement with the local vehicle manufacturing sector with “over forty trillion rials” (about $950 million) in contracts. Referring to the ministry’s “increasing presence” in Iran’s vehicle manufacturing sector, Brigadier General Amir Hatami told a news conference on Sunday, August 16, “The Islamic Republic President Hassan Rouhani …

Radiofarda – As the overall index of the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) fell sharply for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday, the Islamic Republic President Hassan Rouhani tried to instill optimism saying, “corrective fluctuations in the stock market are normal.” After the fall of 65,000 points of the TSE index on Tuesday and about 25,000 on Wednesday last week, Tehran …

Al-Arabia – United States President Donald Trump isn’t expected to leave NATO due of the presence of “allies such as Poland and other Eastern European countries” that are going against Russia, Michael Pregent, a former US intelligence officer, told Al Arabiya on Sunday. For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app. He also clarified that …

Radiofarda — The UAE on Sunday summoned Iran’s charge d’affaires in Abu Dhabi to protest “threats” by the Islamic republic’s president over the Emirati decision to normalise ties with Israel, state media reported. The foreign ministry “summoned the Iranian charge d’affaires (and) handed him a strong note of protest against the threats contained in Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s speech regarding …

Radiofarda – The mother of Iranian political activist Manouchehr Bakhtiari says her son has been on a three-day hunger strike behind bars in Iran. Bakhtiari’s mother, Beebee Zahra, shared a video on social media on Saturday, August 15 to decry her son’s detention, claiming that Bakhtiari has been on a three-day hunger strike to protest not having access to a …

Radiofarda – The Iranian parliament has effectively torpedoed President Hassan Rouhani’s plan to make up for the country’s nearly 50 percent budget deficit. Deputy Majles Speaker Amir Hossein Ghazizadeh confirmed at the open session of the Majles on Sunday, August 16 that the chiefs of the parliament’s economic and plan and budget committees have protested against Rouhani’s plan at an …

Radiofarda – Following the recent bilateral talks with Iran concerning compensation for the victims of Flight PS752 downed in February by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says that Ukraine will not make any compromise that will humiliate the victims of the tragedy or fail to satisfy their relatives’ demands. Kuleba made the remarks during an interview with …

Iran-HRM – Seventy-two political prisoners who have been detained for partaking in the November 2019 protests, are participating in a hunger strike over coronavirus fears at the Greater Tehran Penitentiary. The prisoners announced in a letter today that they started a hunger strike to protest against being denied leave during the Coronavirus pandemic and poor prison conditions. The strikers refused meals …