Social and Political

RFL/RE – The daughter of one of the founders of the Islamic republic has warned that, while still strong, the system her late father helped establish some 40 years ago is weakened and could someday collapse.

Radiofarda – A sixteen-year old pregnant woman has died in Iran from self-immolation, the official government news agency, IRNA reported.

Radiofarda – Moscow will early next year host the leaders of Russia, Iran and Turkey to discuss the Syrian conflict, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said Friday, after the United States announced it was withdrawing troops from the country.

Radiofarda – Iran’s interior minister has tried to downplay the threat from protests by various groups in the past year, insisting that none of them were organized by political groups or unions.

Radiofarda – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet next week in Brazil with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Washington prepares to withdraw troops from Syria, the State Department said Thursday.

Radiofarda – An Iranian Culture Ministry official says the messaging service Telegram is Iran’s most popular media outlet.

Al-Arabia – This year has been one of the most challenging ones for the security services in European countries as they have yet to form a firm counter-terrorism strategy to halt state-sanctioned terrorist operations across the EU.

Iran-HRM – Police have dealt with dozens of people that officials describe as “members of the largest modeling network” in the southern city of Hormozgan, according to an announcement by local police chief Azizollah Maleki on December 25, 2018.

RFL/RE – When Iranian officials say Israel will be wiped off the map, does it mean they are suggesting that Iran should be the one to do it?

Al-Monitor – Just one week after American officials reportedly met with a Taliban delegation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Adm. Ali Shamkhani confirmed for the first time that Iran has also held talks with the Taliban. Shamkhani made the comments during a Dec. 26 visit to Kabul to meet with Afghan officials, …