Social and Political

Al-Arabia – The Iranian Vice President for Legal Affairs Laya Joneydi confirmed that funds collected from “organized crime” are integrated into the Iranian banking system, as there “is no data about the source and destination of laundered money in the country.”

Al-Arabia – As the United States completes its withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement, security analysts warn of more frequent and dangerous cyber attacks from Iran.

VOA – Five Iranian activists detained in southern Iran for participating in a two-week-long labor protest have been put under investigation for alleged national security offenses.

HRW  – Iranian authorities have increased targeting of teachers and labor activists in recent weeks for organizing and conducting peaceful protests, Human Rights Watch said today.

Iran Human Right (IHR) – Prominent human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani was released earlier today after spending 8 years in prison.

CHRI – Iranian security and judicial authorities responded to the second round of peaceful teachers’ rights strikes by arresting and summoning alleged participants in several cities across the nation.

Al-Monitor – Successive Iranian administrations have in past decades, to various degrees, shown a tendency toward populist policies. This has often meant losing sight of underlying issues that are only addressed after transforming into fully fledged crises. The state of pension funds in Iran, which is becoming increasingly dire, is a prime example of the latter.

Radiofarda – While signature collection is reportedly underway in Majles (Iran’s parliament) to impeach the Islamic Republic’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, his subordinates have raised voices to defend their boss. Talk of Zarif’s impeachment by some conservative MPs on Monday became more pointed on Tuesday as one MP claimed collecting signatures has already begun.

Radiofarda – Following implicit criticism of foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif by the conservative head of Iran’s Judiciary, a member of parliament says that Zarif’s impeachment process has begun.

Radiofarda – Iran’s Labor News Agency (ILNA) reports that twelve protesting workers arrested on Sunday in the city of Shush have been released.