Social and Political

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- Civil rights activist and Evin prisoner of conscience Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee has written an open letter to protest the IRGC’s continued medical blockade on her husband, Arash Sadeghi, who has been effectively deprived of chemotherapy since undergoing surgery for chondrosarcoma on September 12th.

Al-Monitor – The United States has entered a new phase in its containment strategy against Iran by re-imposing all sanctions against the Islamic Republic. Tehran is continuing to abide by its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), thereby securing the economic support of China and Europe and defining a more prominent role for the government in the country’s economy. President Hassan Rouhani’s …

Al-Monitor – Sarpol-e Zahab was the city hardest hit by a devastating earthquake that rocked most of Iran’s western Kermanshah province Nov. 12, 2017, killing over 600 people. It is also where children still play a game where they simulate the quake by making the horrible sounds and frightening each other in the rubble — an indication of just how entangled the disaster has become …

Radiofarda – Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif says those who profit from money laundering are spending millions of dollars to prevent the passage of legislation requiring more financial transparency.

Radiofarda – Tehran city council on Tuesday elected Pirooz Hanachi, a little-known technocrat, to the politically sensitive post of mayor that has in the past led to Iran’s presidency, state television reported.

Radiofarda – Two men on a motorbike were gunned down early Monday morning in Minoo island, close to the city of Abadan, southwest Iran, the Islamic Republic’s official news agency, IRNA, cited “informed sources” as saying.

Radiofarda – Qatar is considering an offer from Iran to host teams during the 2022 World Cup, but no decision has been taken yet, the head of the organizing committee told AFP on Monday.

Reuters -In May, Hassan Fada’am traded his military fatigues for a suit when he became one of 45 Shi’ite militiamen elected to Iraq’s 329-seat parliament.

Al-Arabia – US National Security Advisor John Bolton vowed Tuesday to “squeeze” Iran “until the pips squeak”, a week after a tough new round of sanctions came into force.

Al-Arabia – It seems that the United States is serious this time in putting pressure on the Iranian regime in a way that leaves the latter with three options: change its hostile behavior towards its neighbors, comply with US conditions, or collapse.