Social and Political

Radiofarda – While Saudi Arabia courted Iraqi leaders behind closed doors at the weekend, its arch-foe Iran made a more public showing by turning out at the Baghdad International Fair, a shop window for business in Iraq.

Radiofarda  – What a difference a month can make. The crude oil market has gone from worrying about not having enough supply to fretting that prices are being overwhelmed by a glut.

Radiofarda – French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Donald Trump talked about Iran in a closed-door meeting on Saturday November 10, as some 70 world leaders gathered in Paris over the weekend to mark the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I, reports from Paris said on Sunday.

Al-Arabia – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slammed a Newsweek article that he says insinuated that the US is sanctioning food and medicine from Iran.

Al-Arabia – With the dust settling after the US midterm elections, a look at the impact of this important development for the Iranian regime is called for. It has become a known fact that Tehran’s mullahs seek to wait out the presidency of Donald Trump in hopes of him not being re-elected come November 2020.

RFL/RE – A former Iranian minister of welfare and social security has been arrested for financial fraud, official media reported on November 11.

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – IHR has received unverified information about the execution of several Ahvazi Arab activists. The executions have allegedly taken place on Thursday, November 8. According to some sources, as many as 22 prisoners might have been executed. 

radiofarda – An Iranian court has sentenced a man working for Iran’s Foreign Ministry to 10 years in prison after convicting him of spying, judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said on Sunday.

rferl.org – A former Iranian minister of welfare and social security has been arrested for financial fraud, official media reported on November 11.

radiofarda – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that U.S. sanctions announced last week have had no effect on Iran’s economy because Washington had already practically reimposed them earlier.