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 …
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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 – …
Read More »Iran’s hard-line MPs launch fresh drive to impeach Rouhani
Al-Monitor – Under Article 89 of the Iranian Constitution, an impeachment motion against a sitting president requires signatures from one-third of lawmakers to officially go before parliament. With 290 parliament members currently serving in a parliament dominated by pro-government moderates and Reformists, that goal might seem to be far-fetched and unrealistic. But the bumpy road is not holding back a small group …
Read More »As Dollar Rises In Iran Police Arrest 20 Currency Dealers
Radiofarda – Police chief of Greater Tehran has announced Tuesday the arrest of “twenty foreign currency dealers”, as the U.S. dollar makes more gains on the local market.
Read More »Media In Iran Edit, Delete Khamenei’s Latest Comments
Radiofarda – Iranian news outlets were busy “censoring”, or “rephrasing” the latest comments made by the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Read More »China, Iran Meet Amid Efforts To Preserve Nuclear Deal
Radiofarda – The foreign ministers of China and Iran are meeting amid efforts to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
Read More »Iranian And Chinese Hackers In ‘Intense Attacks’ Against U.S. Agencies, Companies – NYT
Radiofarda – The New York Times reported on February 18 that U.S. government agencies and some companies have been the target of aggressive Iranian and Chinese cyber-attacks recently.
Read More »Iranian Athletic Chief Hopes ‘Israel Will be Wiped Out’ Before next Olympics
Radiofarda – The commander of the Basiji Athletes Organization, General Davoud Azarnoush, says he hopes Israel will be wiped out before the next summer Olympic games in Tokyo.
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