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Social and Political

Workers Again Protesting Unpaid Wages At Sugar Cane Mill

Radiofarda - Workers’ protests at the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Mill in Ahvaz, southwest Iran, continued for the fifth consecutive…

Influential Conservative Says Iran Will Meet FATF Requirements

Radiofarda - A conservative former MP and a member of the Islamic Republic's influential Expediency Discernment Council (EDC) says that…

SWIFT System To Disconnect Some Iranian Banks This Weekend

Radiofarda - The Belgium-based SWIFT financial messaging service will be disconnecting some Iranian banks this weekend, said SWIFT chief executive…

Italian Police Make Major Heroin Haul On Ship From Iran

Radiofarda - Italian police discovered 270 kg (600 lb) of heroin hidden in a container that arrived aboard a ship…

Iranian Environmentalists Arrested, Whereabouts Unknown

Iran-HRM - The whereabouts of three environment activists, arrested by intelligence agents is still unknown. Iran’s Intelligence and security forces…

Arrests Continue In Vicious Crackdown On Ahwazi Arabs

Iran-HRM - Iran’s intelligence and security forces arrested dozens of Iranian Arabs following home raids during the late evening on…

Rights Activists Press FIFA to End Iran’s Stadium Ban on Women

VOA - Women’s rights activists who have been calling for Tehran to end a ban on Iranian women attending men’s…

Iran’s plan to sell oil on local energy exchange could boost economy

Al-Monitor - US secondary sanctions to limit Iran’s oil and petroleum products exports went into effect Nov. 5. However, the threat…

Very High Inflation In Iran Affects Real Estate And Manufacturing

Radiofarda - The latest figures released by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) in early November, puts the rise in…

How Does U.S. Find Out About Iranian ‘Guerrillas In Suits’

Radiofarda - Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani once called on Iranian diplomats to be "guerrillas in suits". He borrowed this…