Social and Political

RFL/RE – Tehran has criticized Germany’s decision to ban Iran’s second-largest airline from its airports, calling the move “hasty and unjustifiable.”

RFL/RE – The Swiss ambassador to Tehran has been summoned over the detention of a U.S.-born Iranian television anchor in the United States.

VOA — Twenty-one people were killed by Israeli airstrikes Monday in Syria. The dead reportedly including 12 members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

Amnesty – Two labour rights activists who were rearrested after speaking out about beatings and other abuse they suffered in detention last year are at grave risk of further torture, Amnesty International has warned.  

CHRI – Reza Khandan and Farhad Meysami Denied Right to a Public Trial

Al-Monitor – After President Donald Trump’s announcement of a unilateral US military withdrawal from Syria, many viewpoints on the matter have surfaced. In Iran, there are many different perceptions of the announcement and its implications for Iran’s national interests and strategy in Syria. As some analysts have pointed out, Iranian experts have offered three explanations for the withdrawal: a stunt for the 2020 …

Radiofarda – In his latest letter to the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader, former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls the heads of all three branches of government a “gang,” and accuses them of abusing their power to imprison his allies.

Radiofarda – A former veteran Islamic revolutionary turned opponent of the ruling establishment in Iran has singled out the Supreme Leader as the main culprit behind all wrongdoings and injustices against political detainees in Iran.

Radiofarda – Israel says it has successfully tested the country’s advanced missile defense system capable of defending against ballistic missile threats outside the atmosphere.

Radiofarda – Raha Bahreini, Amnesty International’s researcher on Iran has characterized the second arrest of two labor activists in Iran as an attempt to create an atmosphere of fear and panic to prevent pro-labor activism.