IRAN: LAWYER JAILED FOR DEFENDING WOMEN’S RIGHTS: NASRIN SOTOUDEH
Amensty - Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been held in Tehran’s Evin prison since her arrest on 13…
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Iran, Pentagon Trade Warnings Over U.S. Effort To Block Iranian Oil Exports
RFE/RL - The United States and Iran have traded warnings over U.S. efforts to block Iran's oil exports, with Tehran suggesting…
Pompeo To Lobby On Iran During His Long Trip To Asia, ME
Radiofarda - US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo’s pressure campaign to isolate Tehran has gained momentum ahead of his scheduled…
US-Israel Task Force Aims At Increasing “Internal Pressure” On Iran
Radiofarda - United States and Israel have created a joint task force aiming at increasing internal pressure on the Iranian…
Group Of MPs Demand Lifting Travel Ban On Sunni Clergy
Radiofarda - Tehran’s outspoken representative to Majles (Islamic Republic’s parliament) Mahmoud Sadeghi, along with twenty other legislators, has called upon…
EU Backs Plan For European Investment Bank Work In Iran
Radiofarda - EU lawmakers gave approval on Wednesday for the European Investment Bank (EIB) to do business in Iran, overcoming…
U.A.E. Blacklists Individuals And Companies For Ties To IRGC
Radiofarda - Days before hosting US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, United Arab Emirates (UAE) has placed nine Iranian individuals…
How China built strategic alliances with Iran and Turkey
Al-Arabia - Thanks to war in Syria, which turned Turkey from the state of rivalry to Iran to be a…
Israel ex-minister goes on trial on charges of spying for Iran
A former Israeli government minister went on trial on Thursday on charges of spying for arch-foe Iran in a case,…
Tehran Summons European Envoys Over Arrest Of Iranian Diplomat In Germany
RFL/RE - Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned the French and Belgian ambassadors and Germany's chargé d'affaires to protest the arrest of…