Social and Political

RFL/RE – Norway summoned the Iranian ambassador in Oslo on November 1 to protest a suspected assassination plot against an Iranian Arab opposition figure in Denmark that allegedly involved a Norwegian citizen of Iranian origin.

Amnesty – The Iranian authorities have waged a sweeping crackdown against the Ahwazi Arab ethnic minority, arresting hundreds of people in Khuzestan province, southern Iran, in recent weeks, said Amnesty International.

Radiofarda – The EU effort to save the Iran nuclear accord by building a mechanism to buy Tehran’s oil despite the return of US sanctions has run into difficulty.

Radiofarda – Japan has not yet been granted a waiver from Washington’s plan to reimpose sanctions to cut Iran out of international markets, even after several rounds of talks with U.S. officials, the Asian nation’s top government spokesman said on Thursday.

Radiofarda – The exchange rate of the U.S. dollar and other major currencies once again skyrocketed in Iran and reached the highest level in past thirty days, reports from the local free market say.

Radiofarda – On 30 October, Denmark’s Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen accused Iran of plotting to assassinate an Iranian Arab opposition leader in Denmark.

Al-Arabia – Despite their refutation, I am utterly convinced that the Muslim Brotherhood and the mullahs’ regime in Iran are well-coordinated in stances in a way that serves the orientations of political Islam.

Al-Arabia – US Special Representative for Syria Engagement James Jeffrey said the US has three goals in Syria: To confront ISIS, expel Iranian forces and ones supported by Iran from all Syrian territories and to establish a political process based on international resolution 2254.

RFL/RE – Internet freedom continues to wane worldwide under pressure from attacks on informed democratic debate and notions of privacy, with “a cohort of countries…moving toward digital authoritarianism,” U.S.-based democracy monitor Freedom House has warned.

VOA — U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said Wednesday the Trump administration wants sanctions on Iran’s crude exports to strain Tehran, but does not want to harm countries that depend on the oil.