Social and Political

Radiofarda – An unnamed official at the Islamic Republic’s Ministry of Intelligence has denied that a female spy infiltrated the Ministry of Petroleum, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)-run Tasnim news agency reports. Earlier, two MPs, who have recently attacked the oil minister, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, with a barrage of criticism, had claimed that Iranian intelligence agents arrested a team …

Radiofarda – The Islamic Republic Prosecutor-General denied on Monday, June 24, that the lawsuit against a prominent Quran reciter accused of child abuse has been reopened. Hours earlier, an outspoken member of parliament Mahmoud Sadeqi had twitted that “some of the complainants in the legal case against Saeed Toosi have requested the reopening of his case, and their request has …

Radiofarda – Iran’s ministry of roads and urban development has announced that Islamic Republic Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has ordered 25 military bases to be moved out of cities. The website of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development has reported that the military bases will receive alternative venues and the current properties they occupy will be used for urban …

Radiofarda – A day after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to obliterate parts of Iran, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander said Wednesday the U.S. would not dare violate Iranian soil. Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force said, “Neither America nor any other country would dare violate Iranian soil”, local media reported. …

Radiofarda – Who are the eight Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) commanders were among Iranian officials sanctioned by the United States on Monday June 24? The IRGC, designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the United States, controls a large part of Iran’s economy besides its main functions of suppressing calls for reforms in the country and furthering Khamenei’s regional …

Al-Arabia – If the US had not pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal, Iran would be a stronger aggressor today because the restrictions on its nuclear program would have been lifted eventually, US Special Representative for Iran Brian hook told Al Arabiya English on the sidelines of the ‘Peace to Prosperity’ workshop in Bahrain. “We have put in place …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that the Iranian nation will not retreat in the face of “cruel” US sanctions and “insults,” days after Washington imposed sanctions on him and other top officials in the country. “The most vicious officials of the (US) government accuse Iran and insult it. The Iranian nation will not give …

Radiofarda – Iran says it will not “retreat” and will speed up its enrichment of uranium from June 27 as it continues to back away from its commitments to a nuclear deal amid escalating tensions with the United States.“The most vicious officials of the [U.S.] government accuse Iran and insult it. The Iranian nation will not give in and retreat …

RFL/RE — NATO defense ministers will gather in Brussels on June 26 for two days of talks that will include defense spending within the alliance, its mission in Afghanistan, and Russia’s alleged violation of a Cold War-era nuclear-arms-control agreement, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said.Meanwhile, acting U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he planned to bring up Iran in the talks, hoping …

RFL/RE – Iran and the United States have traded insults, with Tehran accusing Washington of “lying” about its willingness to hold talks to steer the two nations away from military conflict, a statement President Donald Trump called “very ignorant and insulting.”Speaking on June 25, a day after Trump signed an order imposing “hard-hitting” sanctions on Iran, President Hassan Rohani dismissed …