Social and Political

Radiofarda – Former revolutionary says Khomeini won because Shah’s army refrained from killing people.

Al-Arabia – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed on Friday that the “Death to America” slogan widely used since the 1979 Islamic Revolution was directed at Trump and current US officials.

Iran-HRM – According to a video clip published by the state-run Asr Iran, child labors who work in the streets to earn meager amounts of money, are abused physically and sexually by municipality agents.

Iran-HRM – Security forces on Thursday attacked a peaceful rally of hundreds of teachers to disperse the crowds near the Zayanderud River in the central city of Isfahan.

VOA – Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi said she first had doubts about the 1979 Islamic Revolution when members of the Shah’s regime were executed on the rooftop of a school housing its leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

  VOA – The United States on Thursday vowed to remain “relentless” in pressuring Iran to deter its missile program after the Islamic Republic unveiled a new ballistic weapon days after testing a cruise missile.

Amnesty – Responding to reports that Iranian prison guards in riot gear beat prisoners and used tear gas, firearms and pepper spray during raids inside the women-only Shahr e-Rey prison (commonly known as Gharchak) in Varamin outside Tehran that began last night, Amnesty International’s Research and Advocacy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Philip Luther, said:  

Radiofarda – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ (IRGC) top commanders disclosed information about an “underground ballistic missile factory,” in Iran the state owned news agency ISNA reported.

Radiofarda – Iranian government’s official news agency IRNA reports that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will soon travel to Beirut and meet with officials of the newly formed Lebanese government.

Radiofarda – Senior U.S. officials are increasingly pointing out Iran’s and Hezbollah’s role in Latin America and Venezuela as a threat to the hemisphere and the United States.