Social and Political

Radiofarda – This photo gallery shows images taken by journalists in Iran who were allowed to visit a warehouse, where confiscated books are stored.

Radiofarda – Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed breaking up a militant cell responsible for a suicide bomb attack last week that killed 27 servicemen.

Radiofarda – The U.S. dollar is again on a steep rise in Iran. The greenback climbed to over 130,000 rials on Monday morning February 18. This is the biggest rise for the dollar in Iran’s government-controlled forex market during the past three months.

Radiofarda – A year after the Islamic Republic authorities claimed that a prominent Iranian-Canadian environmentalist and university professor had committed suicide in prison; the Judiciary spokesman says that he does not know anything about the suicide.

Al-Arabia – Responding to a question regarding Iran’s human rights abuses, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran, said “I am a human rights professor, I have taught human rights for over 30 years,” at the 2019 Munich Security Conference.

Al-Arabia – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday warned his country’s government not to be deceived by European signatories of the nuclear deal with major powers, now under threat after a US withdrawal.

Iran-HRM – The family of a young man who was sentenced to death at 15 years old were informed by prison authorities that their son would be executed soon.

RFL/RE – Australia says a “sophisticated state actor” was responsible for a cyberattack on Australian lawmakers earlier this month, most likely carried out by a foreign country.

VOA— Saudi Arabia has accused Iran of harboring what it said was “the board of directors of al-Qaida” and rejected charges Riyadh was behind last week’s suicide car bombing that killed against 27 personnel of the Iranian Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

Radiofarda – Although some reports say Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Twitter account has deleted an offending post which led to its “temporary suspension” by Twitter on Friday, others say it is “read only” mode.