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Month: September 2020

Iraq to End Its Electricity Dependency on Iran

Radiofarda - Days after the United States extended a sanctions waiver that enables Iraq to continue importing gas and electricity…

US Threatens to Close Embassy in Baghdad

VOA - The United States is threatening to close its embassy in Baghdad amid frustrations over attacks by Shi’ite militias. …

Iranian Student Imprisoned for Protesting Downing of Ukrainian Plane

Iran-HRM - Mostafa Hashemizadeh, a student at Tehran University, was summoned Friday to Evin Court to begin serving his sentence of six…

IRF US Ambassador, Sam Brownback, welcomes the sanctioning of Iranian officials.

Shabtabnews - IRF US Ambassador, Sam Brownback, yesterday in a twitter statement welcomed the sanctioning of  several Iranian officials and…

The ‘Nevertheless’ Club and the World

gatestoneinstitute.org - The tweet contains interesting indicators to how [the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, Richard] Haas tries…

U.N. Human Rights Council Condemns Situation In Iran

Radiofarda - The 47 countries present at this week's United Nations Human Rights Council meeting condemned the sudden execution of…

Zarif Sets Conditions For U.S. Return To Nuclear Deal In Sputnik Interview

Radiofarda - The Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has set "conditions" for the United States to return to the…

Iran’s Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence Against Prisoner After 29 Years

Iran-HRM -Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence against a prisoner who suffered almost 29 years on death row.…

Alarming Rise of Inmates contracting Coronavirus in Southwest Iran

Iran-HRM - The coronavirus is spreading quickly in Sheyban Prison of Ahvaz as the number of inmates has risen in…

Protester Died Under Torture While in Custody, New Reports Indicate

Iran-HRM -Four days after the death of a protester prison, new reports indicate that he was tortured in custody despite…