Social and Political

RFL/RE – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) says it has captured exiled opposition activist Roohollah Zam, claiming he was being directed and supported by intelligence officials from France, the United States, and Israel. Roohollah Zam has vowed to take down the government. The IRGC said in a statement read out on state TV on October 14 that its agents …

Newyorker.com – After the Iranian Revolution, in 1979, the theocracy called on women to breed a new Islamic generation. It lowered the marriage age to nine for girls and fourteen for boys; it legalized polygamy and raised the price of birth control. By 1986, the average family had six children. A leading cleric said that the government’s goal was to …

PayvandNews – Iran beach soccer team defeated Senegal in Group C at the Association of National Olympic Committees World Beach Games Sunday night. Two teams drew 6-6 in the regular time and went to extra time. They each scored two goals and the game went to a penalty shootout where Iran won 3-1. BeachSoccerWorldwide✔@BeachSoccer_WW FINAL WHISTLE: Iran prevail as disappointed …

Radiofarda A pro-reform lawmaker in Iran says should the bills related to combating money laundering not ratified, almost the whole world would stop dealing with Iran. “Under U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran, the Chinese companies have already stopped dealing with us,” Abdolreza Hashemzai told Borna news agency, noting, “Even friendly countries, such as Russia and China will stop dealing with …

Radiofarda – Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) said in a statement October 13 that the Iranian oil tanker Sabiti had probably been hit by two missiles last Friday. Earlier, Iranian news outlets had reported that Sabiti was twice hit about sixty miles off the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah in the Red Sea. Describing the incident as a …

AFP -Four detained Iranian environmental activists have been cleared of a charge that could carry the death penalty, state news agency IRNA reported on Sunday. “The charge of ‘corruption on earth’ was dropped in recent days for four detained environmentalists,” said Mohammad Hossein Aghasi, a lawyer who represents some of the activists. “Of course their other charges still remain,” he …

Radiofarda – Saudi foreign minister said on Sunday that Riyadh was not behind a suspected strike against an Iranian-owned oil tanker in the Red Sea, which Iranian state-controlled media said was hit on Friday by missiles but denied reports they came from Saudi Arabia. “We did not engage in such behavior at all. This is not how we operate and …

Radiofarda – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has said during a meeting with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday October 13 that a “proper end” to the war in Yemen, will leave a positive impact on developments in the region. Khamenei said, “a four-point solution offered by Iran has been on the table for a long time” and suggested …

Radiofarda – On Thursday, October 10, almost 4000 women entered a stadium in Tehran for the first time after almost four decades to watch a men’s soccer game. Minutes before starting the game, the Iranian government spokesperson appeared on the state-owned TV with his background showing women at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium declaring that President Rouhani’s government facilitated the historic event. …

Radiofarda – Iran claimed on Sunday, October 13, that it has discovered a natural gas deposit, 200 kilometers (approximately 124 miles) south of the city of Shiraz. The field named as Eram, holds as much as nineteen trillion cubic feet of the fuel, thirteen trillion of it recoverable, the director of development and engineering affairs at the National Iranian Oil …