Radiofarda – The father of detained civil activist Sepideh Qolian says security agents did not show an arrest warrant and her whereabouts remain unknown.
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Rouhani Attacks Censorship, State Media Monopoly
Radiofarda – In a surprising move, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has warned his country’s hardliners that “Standing against public demands is against the law and religion.”
Read More »Polish Diplomats In Tehran After Tension Over Warsaw Gathering
Radiofarda – Iranian media reported on Monday that a Polish diplomatic delegation is in Tehran and has met Iran’s deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi.
Read More »Analysis: The Shah Never Really Died, At Least In Iran’s Politics
Radiofarda – Despite being deposed and exiled by the Islamic Revolution four decades ago, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, also known as “King of Kings” and “Aryan Sun,” never really disappeared from political life in Iran.
Read More »Japan Resumes Oil Imports From Iran After Receiving U.S. Waiver
Radiofarda – The governor of Iran’s central bank said on Monday that Japan has started importing Iranian oil, which was suspended due to U.S. sanctions.
Read More »Iran’s Ambassador To Britain Defends Treatment Of Dual National
Radiofarda – Tehran’s ambassador to London has accused human rights activists and institutions of “injustice and hypocrisy” over the case of a British-Iranian mother, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, held in custody in Iran.
Read More »Netanyahu: Iran will face consequences for threatening Israel
Al-Arabia – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s air strikes on Syria on Monday had mainly targeted military positions set up by Iran, which he warned would face consequences for threatening to destroy Israel.
Read More »Iran air force chief threatens to make Israel ‘vanish from earth’
Al-Arabia – The commander of Iran’s air force, Brigadier Aziz Nasirzadeh, said that Iran will “eliminate Israel from the Earth” in a fiery statement to the Young Journalist Club, a website supervised by state television.
Read More »Germany bans Iranian airline on suspicion of spying, terror
Al-Arabia – Berlin has revoked Iranian airline Mahan’s right to operate in Germany, a senior government source told Reuters on Monday, giving both safety concerns and the suspicion that the airline was being used for military purposes as reasons.
Read More »Iran re-arrests labor protest leader Esmail Bakhshi
Al-Arabia – Iranian labor protest leader, Esamil Bakhshi, has been arrested for the second time, state media reported Monday, after the judiciary denied his claim that he was tortured in custody late last year.
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