Social and Political

RFL/RE – Six Iranian men have been found on a beach in southeastern England after crossing the English Channel, the latest in a wave of migrants coming from France that has raised concern in both countries.

Radiofarda – Hassan Khomeyni, the grandson of Ayatollah Rouhollah Khomeini (Khomeyni), the man who founded the Islamic Republic in 1979, says there is no guarantee that clerical rule can continue in Iran.

Al-Arabia – It often happens that an excuse is even worse than the deed it seeks to justify. However, it is very rare to see so many people defending an excuse like we’ve seen after the Iranian ambassador to Baghdad, Iraj Masjedi, left an official celebration marking the first anniversary of Iraq’s declaration of victory against ISIS. The movie appeared …

Radiofarda – Photos and videos published on social media show that students at Tehran’s Azad University have gathered on Sunday for a second day in a row to demand the resignation of university officials in the wake of a deadly bus crash on December 25 that killed nine students and injured 28.

Radiofarda – Tasnim news agency connected with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards reported on Sunday that nine evangelical Christians have been arrested in recent days in Alborz province, neighboring the capital Tehran.

Radiofarda – For Iran 2018 was a year marked by real threats from within and perceived threats from outside coupled with an economic crisis highlighted by a constantly rising double-digit inflation, unemployment, widespread financial corruption, mismanagement, and lack of trust in the country’s inefficient banking system.

Radiofarda – Hundreds of university students in Tehran gathered on Saturday to express their anger at a bus crash that killed and injured dozens of their peers on December 25.

Radiofarda – Firebrand cleric Ahmad Alamolhoda says if Tehran joins international conventions against money laundering and funding terrorism it will pave the way for “Sedition 2019”; a new codename for hardliners to raise alarm about a perceived U.S. threat to topple Iran’s rulers.

Al-Arabia – Although they are not allowed to study in their mother tongue, a video of female Arab students in Ahwaz dancing to an Arabic song at their school surfaced on social media, which grabbed the attention of many as it was seen as a challenge to the authorities who ban singing and dancing in public to begin with.

Iran-HRM – A group of family members of the arrested National Steel Group workers held a protest rally on December 29, 2018, in front of the Governorate of Khuzestan to demand their loved ones’ release.