aljazeera – The reports on the dramatic rise in the number of Iranians seeking asylum in Europe, especially unaccompanied children, are profoundly unsettling.
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Iran Postpones Approval Of UN Convention Against Transnational Crime
Radiofarda – Ahmad Tavakoli, an Expediency Discernment Council member in Tehran told reporters on Saturday that the EDC meeting on the bill for joining the UN Convention on Transnational Crime has remained inconclusive and the Council will meet once again next Saturday for the final review of the bill.
Read More »Top Republican Urges Slow U.S. Pullout Until IS ‘Truly Defeated’
Radiofarda – A senior Republican senator on Saturday urged President Donald Trump to slow down the withdrawal of US ground troops from Syria until jihadists were defeated to avoid a “nightmare” for Washington’s allies.
Read More »U.S.-Born Iranian TV Anchor’s Arrest Confirmed By U.S. Court
Radiofarda – An American-born Iranian television anchor has been arrested as a material witness in an undisclosed U.S. federal investigation, according to a federal court order granted on Friday.
Read More »Four Political Activists Interrogated And One Arrested In Iran
Radiofarda – Reports from Iran say that four political activists in the town of Songhor were taken to the intelligence ministry and questioned for their activities in cyberspace and one of them was arrested.
Read More »INSIGHT-Europe’s Patience With Iran Wears Thin, Tiptoes Towards Trump
Radiofarda – In Tehran on Jan. 8 during a meeting with European envoys, Iranian officials abruptly stood up, walked out and slammed the door in an extraordinary break with protocol.
Read More »U.S. Likely To Cut Number Of Iran Oil Sanctions Waivers In May
Radiofarda – The United States is likely to extend waivers from sanctions on Iranian oil imports in May but will reduce the number of countries receiving them to placate top buyers China and India and to decrease the chance of higher oil prices, analysts said.
Read More »UN experts: Fuel from Iran is financing Yemen’s Houthis
Al-Arabia – Fuel is being shipped illegally from Iran to Houthi militias in Yemen to finance their war against the government, according to a report by a UN panel of experts seen by AFP.
Read More »40% Of University Graduates In Iran Have No Jobs Amid Unemployment Crisis
Iran-HRM – Iran’s unemployment rate indicates university graduates are the biggest unemployed population in the country. The number of unemployed graduates in the fall of 2018 increased from 37 percent to 40 percent.
Read More »British-Iranian Woman Nazanin Zaghari Pressured To Spy For Iran, Husband Reveals
Iran-HRM – Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British woman imprisoned in Tehran on espionage charges, started a hunger strike in protest against being denied access to medical care as well as pressure from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard interrogators to spy on UK for the Iranian regime.
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