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Iran’s ‘year of shame’: More than 7,000 arrested in chilling crackdown on dissent during 2018
Amnesty – The Iranian authorities carried out a shameless campaign of repression during 2018, crushing protests and arresting thousands in a wide-scale crackdown on dissent, said Amnesty International, a year after a wave of protests against poverty, corruption and authoritarianism erupted across the country.
Read More »How Iran has moved to defrock ‘Instagram cleric’
Al-Monitor – On Jan. 12, Seyed Hasan Aghamirii, a popular Iranian cleric, posted on his Instagram account that he had been sentenced to two years in prison and defrocked. The latter is an unusual and rather modern form of punishment in the world of Shiite Islam that is exclusive to the Islamic Republic of Iran. “After 10, 15 years of arrests and taking over my …
Read More »Meet Iran’s next, non-turbaned hardliner-in-chief
Al-Monitor – Hassan Rahimpour Azghadi is rising to become an ever more popular figure among the new generation of hard-liners in Iran, following the footsteps of hard-line cleric Ayatollah Mohammad-Taghi Mesbah Yazdi. Both men are waging a war against the present atmosphere at the Qom seminary — the theological center of Iran — charging that it is not sufficiently revolutionary.
Read More »Iran says moving towards readiness to ramp up nuclear program
Al-Monitor – The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran says his country has taken key steps toward being able to quickly resume uranium enrichment to the 20% level, an activity it agreed to suspend under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) struck with world powers in 2015.
Read More »Rouhani Adviser Indicted For Remarks On House Arrests
Radiofarda – An indictment has been issued for President Rouhani’s top aide, Hessamoddin Ashena and a lawsuit against him delivered to the court, Tehran’s prosecutor said on Tuesday, January 22.
Read More »Prince Reza Warns Iran May Try To Provoke Attack Ahead Of Security Summit
Radiofarda – Tehran may try to bait the West into a limited military attack in order to distract public attention away from its “corruption and incapability,” exiled Iranian Prince Reza Pahlavi tweeted January 22.
Read More »U.S. Intelligence Sees Threats From Russia, China, N. Korea And Iran
Radiofarda – A major U.S. intelligence report released in Washington on January 22 lists Russia, China North Korea and Iran as the “traditional adversaries” of the United States.
Read More »Pompeo Calls Islamic Republic Of Iran ‘A Truly Malign Actor,’ In Middle East
Radiofarda – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has characterized the threat from Iran in the Middle East region as “very real,” adding that the United States is committed to the stability of the region.
Read More »Ex-Iranian prisoner Hassan Karimi reveals secrets of regime’s jails
Al-Arabia – “There are several pictures and videos showing the brutal treatment of citizens in the form of beatings in public. So, you can imagine the extent of torture that takes place in dark prison cells.”
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