Al-Arabia – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday they had arrested a person who they alleged is linked to Israel’s intelligence services, semi-official Fars news agency reported. The Revolutionary Guards’ statement said the alleged spy was arrested in the southeastern province of Kerman, without specifying the person’s nationality or the time of the arrest. There was no immediate response to …

Al-Arabia – UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday he hopes a meeting with Iran due later this month to end an impasse over uranium traces found at undeclared sites happens after Iran’s nuclear chief reportedly said it was not on the agenda. “I hope our planned technical meeting with Iran takes place,” Grossi said on Twitter, adding …

Al-Arabia – Iran attacked the tanker hit off the coast of Oman, an Israeli official said on Wednesday, using a drone of the type it has supplied to Russia in Ukraine. The tanker had sustained minor damage to the hull with no injuries or spillage of the gas oil cargo, Israeli-controlled Eastern Pacific Shipping said. A tanker was hit by …

RFL/RE – A film committee in Iran has collected a list of 100 Iranian cinematographers and music and theater artists who have been summoned, arrested, or banned from leaving the country in the last few months, Iranian media reported. In a report published on November 14, the Shargh newspaper wrote that the committee refused to publish the names of the …

RFL/RE – A court in Iran has handed a death sentence — its second in three days — to a protester arrested during demonstrations sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in September while she was being detained for allegedly improperly wearing a head scarf. “A revolutionary court sentenced to death another defendant accused of terrorizing people in the street …

Iranwire – At least two Iranian security forces and three protesters were reported killed on November 15, as angry demonstrations marked the third anniversary of nationwide protests over a sudden rise in the price of gasoline Iranians went on strike in numerous cities, adding to pressure on a clerical regime that has been battling two months of widespread unrest triggered …

Iranwire – Iran’s interior minister says the authorities have arrested several alleged French intelligence agents in relation to the nationwide protests that has rocked the country for two months. “People of other nationalities were arrested in the riots, some of whom played a big role. There were elements from the French intelligence agency and they will be dealt with according …

Iranwire – Members of Iran’s national football team are free to join the protests during their participation in the World Cup in Qatar, as long as they do so within the rules of the tournament, team coach Carlos Queiroz has said. “The players are free to protest as they would if they were from any other country as long as …

VOA – Iranians went on strike in several cities on Tuesday to commemorate the 2019 protests over fuel prices, a display of dissent that was crushed by security forces in the bloodiest crackdown in the history of the Islamic Republic. The move will add to pressure on Iran’s clerical rulers, who have been battling two months of nationwide protests triggered …

Al-Monitor – Iran was hit with widespread business strikes on Thursday in support of anti-government protests that were entering a third month.   Over the past week, and despite severe internet disruptions and rigorous controls, campaigners have urged civil disobedience on the anniversary of the November 2019 protests, when authorities ordered security forces to  shoot to kill hundreds to crush demonstrations over fuel price hikes.  …