Radiofarda – A senior adviser to Iran’s Ministry of Health has warned that the country’s population is aging fast and in 20 years 20 percent of the population will be made up of senior citizens. Mohammad Esmaeel Akbari told local media that Iran’s population growth has slowed and until 2050 Iranian population will become one of the world’s oldest. Although …
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No Exemption For China On Stopping Its Iran Oil Buys -Trump Officials
Radiofarda – Two Trump administration officials said on Friday that neither a wind-down period nor a short-term waiver on China’s oil purchases from Iran are being contemplated after Washington surprised Iran’s customers on Monday by demanding they halt the purchases by May 1 or face sanctions. The administration has been clear to China, Iran’s top oil consumer, about no additional …
Read More »Is Iran Signaling Readiness For Negotiations With United States?
Radiofarda – The “authority” given to Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to discuss a prisoners swap with the United States may be an attempt by Tehran to show some “flexibility”; in the same way that reduction of tensions between Washington and Pyongyang started with a small athletic event. The word “flexibility” has a special connotation here. When in 2013 …
Read More »Zarif Admits Receiving Letter From U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs
Radiofarda – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has confirmed that he has received a letter from U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Robert C. O’Brien. During his ongoing visit to New York, Zarif has repeatedly said that he did not receive any response to his call for a prisoners swap with the United States. He repeated once again …
Read More »Iran Foreign Ministry Insists Prisoner Exchange Offer Is Serious
Radiofarda – The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Abbas Mousavi, says Iran’s offer of prisoner exchange with the United States is “serious and with precedent.” Meanwhile he charged that the United States “lacks a proper understanding of the concept of negotiations.” On Wednesday April 24, when Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tehran was ready to swap prisoners with …
Read More »Iran Seizes 2,900 Pounds of Crystal Methamphetamine Drug
Radiofarda – A Ministry of Intelligence official in the province of Sistan & Baluchestan, in southeast Iran, says the largest ever amount of synthetic drug shisheh (crystal Methamphetamine), has been seized in the country. “Following a series of complicated operations and collecting information, the department succeeded to seize 1,300 kilograms (approximately 2,900 pounds) of narcotics, including more than 850 kg (about …
Read More »Tehran Develops New Short-Range Missiles
Radiofarda – Mehr news agency in Iran says Iran has “designed and manufactured” three new types of missiles. According to Mehr, the three air-launched missiles are Heydar, Qamar Bani Hashem, and Dehlavieh. The missiles have been developed by the Iranian Ministry of Defense in collaboration with the army’s Helicopter Unit, the report said. Mehr reported the range of these missiles …
Read More »Prominent Attorney Of A Business Tycoon Shot Dead In Tehran
Radiofarda – A prominent attorney, Hamid Hajian was shot dead with at least three bullets on Wednesday evening, April 24, in the garage of a building in Tehran’s affluent northern neighborhood of Kamranieh. Hossein Hedayati, a former Revolutionary Guard officer and a controversial business tycoon during his trial on March 04, 2019. Hajian 41 reportedly was once the attorney of …
Read More »Police In Iran Use Texting To Summon Women Who Violate Hijab In Cars
Radiofarda – Iranian police are using text messaging to warn female drivers and passengers who take off their hijab (scarves) or ignore the Islamic dress code while driving or riding in cars. A female taxi driver fetches a passenger in Tehran, 21Aug2011 Hundreds of women in the capital city of Tehran recently received phone text messages, summoning them to the …
Read More »Putin Says Russia Will Host Summit In August With Presidents Of Iran, Azerbaijan
RFL/RE – Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Iranian President Hassan Rohani at a summit in Russia during August.Putin made the announcement to journalists in Beijing on April 26 after meeting with Aliyev on the sidelines of China’s so-called Belt and Road forum – an initiative aimed at building trade and transportation …
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