CHRI – Judicial Order Tied to Previously Undeclared Policy of App Usage Level Eight months after Iran blocked the country’s most widely used messaging app, Telegram, a deputy prosecutor has announced a judicial order to also filter Instagram due to what he described as over-usage of the social media app.
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Khamenei’s Outfit Signals Soft Attitude Toward Europe
Radiofarda – The Strategic Foreign Relations Council set up by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says it is not in Iran’s interest to take action about the slow pace of Europe’s initiative to come up with a mechanism to allow trade while Iran is targeted by U.S. sanctions.
Read More »Details Surface Of Khamenei’s 2009 Meeting With Mousavi
Radiofarda – More details have been revealed about the last meeting between Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the leader of Iran’s Green Movement, Mir Hossein Mousavi.
Read More »Pompeo Says ‘Ultimate Goal ‘ Of Sanctions Is Better Life For Iranians
Radiofarda – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that “the sanctions on Iran have an ultimate goal” of “creating an outcome where the Iranian people could have better lives than they have today under this tyrannical regime”.
Read More »The Source Of Mystery Odor In Tehran Is Said To Be A Building Site
Radiofarda – Two days after the setting up an expert team to solve the mystery of an obnoxious odor which is bothering the residents of the Iranian capital, the source of the foul smell has not yet been discovered.
Read More »Iran ‘Has Had 400 Years’ Worth Of Progress Since Revolution’ Says Senior Ayatollah
Radiofarda – Mohammad Yazdi, 87, a senior influential ayatollah says that in forty years since the 1979 revolution, Iran has had 400 years’ worth of progress.
Read More »Iran’s schizophrenia heats up the debate
Al-Arabia – As the leadership in Tehran prepares to mark the 40th anniversary of the Khomeinist revolution, a growing number of Iranians are wondering whether the time has come for their country to close that chapter and resume its historic path as a nation-state.
Read More »Bolton To Travel To Turkey, Israel To Discuss Syria, Iran
RFL/RE — U.S. national security adviser John Bolton says he will travel to Israel and Turkey to discuss the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria and how Washington and its allies intend to counter Iran’s “malign behavior” in the region.
Read More »US sanctions and the dynamics of Iran’s petroleum sector
Al-Monitor – Between 2016 and 2018, Iran’s energy sector was the main beneficiary of the lifting of nuclear-related sanctions. Increased oil production and exports, the return of international oil companies (IOCs), massive investments in renewable energies, introduction of new technologies into upstream and downstream sectors, etc., were among key developments in the industry. The reimposition of US sanctions has reversed …
Read More »Iran health minister resigns over budget cuts
Al-Monitor – After a week of speculation and rumors, President Hassan Rouhani has accepted the resignation of Minister of Health and Medical Education Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi, who quit over budget issues and accusations of corruption at the ministry.
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