Social and Political

Radiofarda – A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naghdi (Naqdi) has denied that two persons working at his office had been recognized as Israel’s spies. Naqdi has insisted that he would file a complaint against a pro-reform former minister and member of parliament, Behzad Nabavi, for spreading the false claim. Dismissing the allegation …

Al-Arabia – The path to reduce tensions in the region has become smaller and the moment has come for Iran to help defuse the crisis, France’s president told his Iranian counterpart on Monday, his office said in a statement.Emmanuel Macron and Hassan Rouhani talked for more than 90 minutes shortly after Macron, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor …

Al-Arabia – The United States envoy on Iran, Brian Hook, says US seeks comprehensive negotiations with Iran that include missile development, support for terrorism. He said that Washington will intensify pressure on Teharn following the Sept. 14 attacks on Saudi oil facilities, but added that Washington was seeking a global coalition countering the Iranian regime and that it was going …

Al-Arabia – A British-flagged oil tanker, which had been held off the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas for more than two months, has set sail, a specialist shipping website reported on Tuesday. Government spokesman Ali Rabiei had announced on Monday that “the legal process has finished” and the Swedish-owned vessel was free to leave. “This morning’s satellite imagery captured by …

Al-Arabia – Iran is no longer confined to a specific geographical area and is present across the region through its proxies, like Hezbollah in Lebanon, said the representative of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Friday, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. “Today, Iran is not just Iran. Iran is not limited to a geographic area,” Ayatollah Ahmad Alamolhoda, …

RFL/RE – U.S. President Donald Trump says his dispute with Iran will be a key issue when he addresses the UN General Assembly in New York on September 24 as he looks to bolster support for his strategy of “maximum pressure” on Tehran.“We’ll be talking about Iran,” Trump said on September 23 as he briefed reporters about his speech before …

RFL/RE – The leaders of Britain, France, and Germany have backed the United States in assertions that Iran is to blame for the attack on Saudi oil facilities and urged Tehran to choose dialogue over “provocation.” “It is clear for us that Iran bears responsibility” for the drone and missile attack on two oil facilities, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, …

Al-Monitor – President Hassan Rouhani and an Iranian delegation departed Iran’s Mehrabad airport on Monday morning for New York to attend the 74th meeting United Nations General Assembly. “It is an opportunity to state and explain the views of nations, especially the great nation of Iran,” Rouhani told reporters. “Unjust and oppressive actions that have taken place against Iran today will be …

Radiofarda – Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister has told the Independent that Iran might start negotiations with the United States if Washington lifts the sanctions it has imposed on Iran. Abbas Araqchi (Araghchi) told the Independent on Sunday September 22, “Stopping the economic war can lead to real negotiations.” Demanding the lifting of U.S. sanctions, Araqchi added that not only Iran, but no …

Radiofarda – In unprecedented remarks by a regime insider, reformist activist and veteran politician Behzad Nabavi has said four financial institutions linked to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei control 60 percent of Iran’s national wealth. He has also expressed concern over the presence of “spies at the highest levels of the Islamic Republic,” a remark unlikely to come from anyone linked …