Radiofarda – Following a barrage of harsh criticism, Mohsen Haji-Mirzaei, the Iran’s Minister of Education, said on Monday, September 7, that “Students are not obliged to attend schools.” A week earlier, Haji-Mirzaei insisted that Iranian students begin to come back to reopened schools outside the red-zoned areas. In a change of opinion, Haji-Mirzaei told citizens, “From the beginning, we said …

Radiofarda – Police arrested an outspoken Iranian women’s rights activist in Turkey on Monday, and may deport her to Iran, where she may potentially could face torture, prison and even the death penalty. Maryam Shariatmadari is one of the Iranian women who courageously defied compulsory Hijab in the Twelver-Shi’ite clergy-dominated country. The anti-compulsory hijab movement, called “the Girls of Revolution …

Radiofarda – The Islamic Republic Minister of Communications and Information Technology (ITC), Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi, says the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces will begin developing infrastructure related to cyberspace. Speaking at the opening ceremony of a data center on Sunday, Azari-Jahromi said, “Messengers are another critical issue that the General Staff is helping with.” Azari-Jahromi had previously dismissed …

RFL/RE – Iran says it has begun to build an underground hall near the country’s main uranium-enrichment center in Natanz in the wake of a July explosion that badly damaged a building housing centrifuges.“It was decided to establish a more modern, wider, and more comprehensive hall in all dimensions in the heart of the mountain near Natanz,” the head of …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Joint call for states to mandate a UN-led inquiry into the serious human rights violations, including enforced disappearances, torture and unlawful killings during and in the aftermath of the November 2019 protests in Iran, on the occasion of the 45th session of the HRC We, the undersigned human rights organizations, call on your government to …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder was executed in Borujerd Central Prison and another prisoner on death row was returned to his cell after being granted an extension. According to Iran Human Rights, a male prisoner was executed in Borujerd Central Prison this morning, 9th September. The identity of the Borujerd native who …

theprint.in –  China and Iran are on the verge of signing an economic and strategic agreement worth $400 billion, but India wants to ensure that the Chabahar project in the West Asian country doesn’t see any Chinese involvement. This was among the reasons why External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, who is travelling to Moscow Tuesday for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s …

PayvandNews – Archaeologists have recently discovered a prehistorical hatch to Apadana Palace, a majestic ruined royal complex within the UNESCO-registered Persepolis, southern Iran. “The hatch was discovered in the eastern part of Apadana Palace, and it was created during the Achaemenid period to repel the surface water of the courtyard, and after this period, it was hidden due to the …

Radiofarda – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group said it aimed a number of drones at Saudi Arabia’s Abha International Airport early on Tuesday and put it out of action for several hours. CAIRO, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group said it aimed a number of drones at Saudi Arabia’s Abha International Airport early on Tuesday and put it out …

Al-Arabia- Iran’s state TV, citing an unnamed official, says British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is facing a new charge. The report on Tuesday did not elaborate. Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been released from prison due to the coronavirus pandemic after serving nearly all of her five-year sentence. Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested during a holiday with her toddler daughter in April 2016. Her family …