Iranian currency dips to historic low amid sanctions, pandemic, foreign policy decisions
Al-Monitor - Iran has seen the rial’s value fall by almost half this year as the currency now stands at…
Month: October 2020
UN rights chief urges Iran to release jailed human rights defenders, citing COVID-19 risk
UN.org - The top UN rights official has called on Iran to release imprisoned human rights defenders, lawyers and political…
USCIRFexpresses concern in regards to Sunni arrests in Iran
Shabtabnews - In a twitter statmentt USCIRF expressed deep concern in regards to Sunni Muslims arrests by the Iranian regime.…
Families Of Prisoners Killed In 1988 Mass Executions Demand Answers
Radiofarda - In the summer of 1988, Iran executed thousands of its opponents who were serving their sentences behind bars.…
A Village In The Oil-Rich Khuzestan Abandoned With COVID-19 Claims MP
Radiofarda - A former member of the Iranian parliament, Hedayatullah Khademi, says that all residents of a village in the…
Persepolis Sued For Violating Rules
Radiofarda - Saudi Arabia's Al-Nassr Football Club has filed a complaint with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) over what it…
A Rare Admission Of Past Tensions And Opposition Sympathies Among Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
RFL/RE - In a rare acknowledgement of past divisions within Iran's armed forces, a senior commander in the powerful Islamic…
US Court Orders Iran to Pay $1.4 Billion in Damages to Missing Former FBI Agent’s Family
VOA - A U.S. court has ordered the government of Iran to pay more than $1.4 billion in punitive and…
Russia may sell S-400 to Iran after UN embargo expires, ambassador says
Al-Monitor -Russia’s ambassador to Iran said Saturday that the Kremlin may sell its S-400 missile defense system to Tehran after…
Israel shares Iran nuclear threat, Turkey aggression issues with Gulf states: Gantz
Al-Arabia - The Iranian nuclear threat is a key mutual interest shared by Israel and the Gulf Arab states, said…