Social and Political

Radiofarda – The government, judiciary, and parliament insist that they are following-up my case, but, they have kept me in the dark, labor leader of sugar mill workers Esmail Bakhshi has said on his Instagram account.

Radiofarda – A U.S. military spokesman says the U.S.-led military coalition in Syria has begun the process of withdrawing troops from the country.

Radiofarda – Commemorating the memory of her influential father, Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, former Tehran MP Faezeh Hashemi says, “Two years after my father’s passing, there are a lot of ambiguities concerning the cause of his death.”

Radiofarda – In a fiery speech, the U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo lambasted former President Obama, describing his foreign policy as “misguided” and “wishful” thinking that diminished America’s role in the region, harmed its longtime friends and emboldened its arch enemy the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Radiofarda – An Afghan government official has assailed Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s statement that the Taliban should have a role in the country’s future, saying it is better if Iranian officials listen to their own opponents in Iran.

Al-Arabia – Qatar did well by putting the record straight and calling things by their names. It officially announced, through its ambassador to Moscow, its true position towards the Iranian occupation of Syria, by considering that Iran has “legitimate” interests in Syria and supporting Tehran’s quest to maintain those interests; and that the “Syrian regime, which oppressed its opponents, is …

Al-Arabia – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Thursday US sanctions against his country were “fully illegal” and Tehran would not comply with them.

Al-Monitor – A video aired on Iranian state television has compared accusations that Russia sought to influence the 2016 US presidential elections with biased and fake news to the efforts of the UK-funded BBC to influence Iranian domestic policy and topple its government — in the process airing footage of the arrest of a jailed dual British-Iranian citizen and her alleged …

Al-Monitor – Iran has reacted to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s speech in Cairo with both ridicule and disdain, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warning against taking seriously anything coming out of the Donald Trump administration — whether threats or promises. 

CHRI – Esmail Bakhshi’s lawyer says her client is under intense pressure to retract statements about his torture