Social and Political

Radiofarda – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani stands behind Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who resigned on Monday night, Rouhani’s chief of staff said on Tuesday, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).

Radiofarda – If U.S. sanctions stop Iran’s oil exports, the Islamic Republic’s armed forces will block the Strait of Hormuz, says Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Reza Tangsiri.

Al-Arabia – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is one of the “front men for a corrupt religious mafia,” top US diplomat Mike Pompeo said Monday following his surprise resignation.

Iran-HRM – Since mid-December 2018, the head of Raja’i Shahr Prison, have denied several political prisoners of medical treatment.

RFL/RE – An Israeli court has sentenced a former cabinet minister to 11 years in prison for spying for the country’s arch-foe Iran.

Radiozamaneh – Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, who had led the Iranian diplomacy team throughout the nuclear talks leading to the nuclear agreement between Iran, the P5+1, and the European Union wrote a short note on his Instagram page announcing that he is stepping down. Sources in Iran cite Zarif saying that the resignation is related to Bashar al-Assad visit …

Amnesty – This public statement documents the state of human rights in Iran during 2018, subdivided by key human rights themes. It is part of a regional review of the state of human rights in the Middle East and North Africa, which includes 18 other country entries.

CHRI – Twenty-six members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have urged Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to free eight conservationists who are currently being tried in the country’s secretive revolutionary court system:

PayvandNews – Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei received the visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Tehran on Monday morning. During the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei hailed the Syrian people and government’s resistance against the terrorist and their supporters in the region, saying the resistance by Syrian president and nation was the key to defeating the US and its …

Radiofarda – An official at the public health authority in Tabriz, the capital of East Azarbaijan province has confirmed that at least 72 people have been taken to hospital as a result of consuming home-made vodka in Ahar, North of Tabriz.