Radiofarda – Mohammad-Reza Pour-Ebrahimi, the Chairman of the Parliament’s Economic Committee, has repeated the allegations that Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) is “manipulated,” furthering claims that the government of President Hassan Rouhani has manipulated the market and created a bubble the in TSE to augment its own budget deficit. The government of President Hassan Rouhani is expected to have a large …
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Union Assemblies Decreased in Tehran, Deputy Police Chief Claims
Radiofarda – Hamid Hodavand, the Deputy Commander of Tehran’s Law Enforcement, said that in the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (beginning March 20, 2020), the number of union-related assemblies in Tehran dropped by 27 percent, compared with the same period in 2019. The state-run Iran Students News Agency (ISNA) quoted Hodavand on Friday, September 4, as …
Read More »Demanding justice and answers following the unexpected death of Dr Noor Ali Tabandeh
There has been a recent outcry for justice emanating from the members of the largest Sufi order in Iran (The Gonabadi Sufi order) with regards to the unsolved and unexpected death of their spiritual leader Dr Noor Ali Tabandeh. On 24th of December 2019, Dr Noor Ali Tabandeh passed away in Mehr Hospital Tehran following almost 2 years in house …
Read More »Explosion In Iran Injures Dozens
Radiofarda – An explosion late on September 4 has injured more than 200 people in western Iran, Iranian news agencies reported on September 5.No fatalities were reported in the incident, which happened in the rural Ilam Province.Officials said the blast was caused by the explosion of a chlorine canister being transported by truck. Driver “carelessness” was suspected, the state IRNA …
Read More »UN Special Rapporteur On Iran Human Rights Says Shocked By Violence Against Protesters
Radiofarda – In his third report to the General Assembly of the United Nations, Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman has said that he is alarmed and shocked by the violence used against protesters in Iran during the November 209 civil unrest. “The Special Rapporteur expresses his shock at the unprecedented use of excessive and lethal force by State security forces during …
Read More »Leading Iranian Rights Advocate Sotoudeh Marks 25th Day Of Hunger Strike In Prison
Radiofarda – Prominent Iranian human rights advocate Nasrin Sotoudeh has been on a hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin prison for more than three weeks to protest the risk that political prisoners in Iran face amid the coronavirus pandemic. Sotoudeh, who launched her hunger strike on August 11, said she will refuse to eat to secure the release of political prisoners …
Read More »Iranian Judge In Romania Committed Suicide, Prosecutors Say
(Reuters) – A fugitive Iranian judge whose corpse was found in a Bucharest hotel in June had committed suicide by jumping from a hotel’s 5th floor, Romanian prosecutors said on Friday. Gholamreza Mansouri, 52, fled corruption charges in Iran last year, one of several judges accused during a high-profile trial. He was found dead on June 19 in the lobby …
Read More »Iran Dismisses Russia’s Mediation Offer, Direct Talks With US
RFL/RE – Speaking on Friday, the Iranian President’s Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi dismissed any plans for direct talks with the United States after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov proposed to mediate between Iran and the United States. Speaking to Tasnim News Agency, Vaezi said that Iran has already made it clear that, in order for Iran to negotiate with …
Read More »IAEA: Iran Continues to Expand Stockpile of Enriched Uranium
VOA – Iran continues to increase its stockpile of enriched uranium in violation of limitations set in a landmark deal with world powers, but has begun providing access to sites where it was suspected of having stored or used undeclared nuclear material and possibly conducted nuclear-related activities,, the U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency said Friday.The International Atomic Energy Agency reported in …
Read More »Jailed Activist Starts Hunger Strike After Abrupt Prison Transfer
Iran-HRM – Jailed human rights defender Behnam Mousivand, has started on a hunger strike following his abrupt transfer to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj. Behnam Mousivand was held at ward 8 of Tehran’s Evin Prison. He was taken to the prison’s infirmary on Saturday, August 29, after showing symptoms of COVID-19 including fever and chills. Evin Prison guards took away his belongings from …
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