Radiofarda – A Dutch prosecutor has said there is no evidence the two men on trial for the 2015 murder of an Iranian-born man living in the Netherlands were carrying out a hit ordered by the Iranian intelligence apparatus.
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Iran’s Economy Lagging Behind For 40 Years According To IMF Data
Radiofarda – The Islamic Republic marked its 40th anniversary on February 11, 2019. Since 1979, the Iranian economy has experienced sharp fluctuations, mostly during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), international sanctions era (2012-2016) and more recently after the U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement in May 2018.
Read More »Clashes Between Two Cities In Iran With Police Firing Guns
Radiofarda – Reports from Iran say that Monday evening and on Tuesday there were clashes and tensions between residents of the southeastern city of Dezful and the neighboring town Andimeshk over a new sign showing the borders of the two townships.
Read More »Rohani Says Iran-U.S. Tensions At ‘A Maximum’
RFL/RE – Tensions between Tehran and Washington are at “a maximum” rarely seen in the decades-long antagonistic relations between the two countries, Iranian President Hassan Rohani said on February 20.
Read More »Iranian President Rohani’s Brother Goes On Trial
RFL/RE – The trial of Iranian President Hassan Rohani’s brother, who was briefly arrested two years ago on charges of financial violations, has opened in Tehran, local media report.
Read More »Iran Extends Travel Ban on Widow of Environmentalist Who Died in Prison
VOA – An Iranian state news agency says authorities have extended a travel ban on the widow of an Iranian-Canadian environmentalist who died in prison last year after being arrested on suspicion of espionage.
Read More »Who is the Boss of the News?
Radiozamaneh – It is safe to say that there has been some commotion in the Iranian diaspora media scene over the past years: changes in editorial leadership, the emergence of rich television stations, tensions over renewed budgets and journalists hopping between media outlets. All of this is happening within a highly tense and uncertain geopolitical environment as well as turmoil …
Read More »Europe: Trying to Legitimize Iran’s Regime
gatestoneinstitute – “The E.U. only seems to care about the nuclear agreement and trade ties. It pretends that the regime is legitimate and that Iranians have no alternatives to living under tyranny”. — Alireza Nader of New Iran, reported by Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News.
Read More »Choosing Raeesi as Judiciary Head Will Be a “Catastrophe” for Justice in Iran
CHRI – Ebrahim Raeesi Was Member of “Death Commissions” that Ordered Extrajudicial Killings of Thousands of Prisoners in 1988
Read More »Iran’s central bank under pressure to print money, weaken rial
Al-Monitor – A disagreement between the Central Bank of Iran and factions of the government, backed by lawmakers, over profits from foreign exchange sales has now taken the form of a pending amendment to the country’s annual budget law. If passed by the Guardian Council, the amendment — which calls on the central bank to pay a significant sum to the government as tax – …
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