Tehran Denies Sending Russian Arms To Armenia Via Iran
Radiofarda - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's Chief of Staff, Mahmoud Vaezi, denied several reports on Wednesday, September 30, that Iran…
Month: October 2020
Turkey’s Halkbank Must Face U.S. Indictment Over Iran Sanctions Violations, Judge Rules
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday refused to dismiss an indictment accusing state-owned Turkish lender Halkbank of helping Iran…
Iran Oil Exports on the Rise, Despite Sanctions
Radiofarda - According to data collected from TankerTrackers, Iran has managed to increase its oil exports significantly in September despite…
Household Costs Soared To 60% In Iran
Radiofarda - Faramarz Tofiqi, the chairman of Iran's Wage Committee of the Supreme Labor Council, says that the minimum rate…
Belarusian Rights Activist, Jailed Iranian Lawyer Among ‘Alternative Nobel’ Awardees
RFL/RE - A Belarusian pro-democracy campaigner and an imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer have been awarded the Right Livelihood Award,…
Iran Human Rights Monitor, Monthly Report – September 2020
Iran-HRM - September saw the third wave of the coronavirus sweeping across Iran. The scale of the disaster is such…
Iran: Prisoner Saeed Bolouri Executed
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A prisoner who had been sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder has been executed at…
Iran to issue fines for those not wearing masks
Al-Monitor - In an effort to slow down the third wave of the coronavirus in Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said…
Twitter says it closed Iranian government accounts focused on US election
Twitter said this week that it has removed accounts purportedly originating in Iran that sought to influence the US presidential…
Prominent Iranian charity leader fights worsening health in detention
Al-Monitor - Held in solitary without a formal charge for nearly 100 days, Sharmin Meymandi-Nejad, the founder of a reputable…