Social and Political

VOA – Israel has been conducting military operations against Iran on Syrian soil for more than two years.

Al-Monitor – “On victory day, everyone claps for a winner who acts with nonpartisanship. But they all keep a distance from him as the hard times come by,” said Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Jan. 10. These sarcastic remarks were apparently meant for some inside the Reformist camp who have recently criticized his performance.

Radiofarda – The chairman of Iranian parliament’s economic commission says that $3.5 billion dollars of cheap foreign currency was handed out to importers, but nothing has been brought to the country.

Radiofarda – Amid the controversy over the fate of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers, an influential ayatollah says, “Ultimately, the deal should be burned.”

Radiofarda – Iran’s state-run English-language channel is reporting that its American anchorwoman detained in the U.S. will appear in court in Washington.

RFL/RE – OPEC says Iran’s crude oil production declined about 1.04 million barrels per day (mb/d) to 2.769 mb/d in December from early 2018.

RFL/RE – President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will develop new technologies — including in space — to acquire unrivaled missile-defense capabilities and maintain an advantage over adversaries such as Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea.

CHRI – Iran Must Re-Open an Independent and Impartial Investigation into Labor Activist’s Abuse

Radiofarda – The Chairman of Iran-China Joint Chamber of Commerce Asadollah Asgaroladi, who is one of the country’s top businessmen has stopped exporting from Iran in the past two months due to payment problems.

Reuters – Iran is harming Europe’s efforts to preserve the 2015 Iran nuclear accord with actions such as the case of suspected espionage involving a member of the German military, veteran German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger said on Thursday.