Social and Political

Al-Arabia – Brian Hook, Washington’s special representative for Iran, told Al Arabiya English that Tehran poses a threat to peace and security and that the Trump administration has plans to deter it.

Al-Arabia – Donald Trump is demanding the Iranian regime to do what it is unable to achieve or to respond to. He demands a final divorce from the nuclear dream, which some hawks consider an “insurance policy” against US surprises.

Iran-HRM – Nine women activists were summoned to Evin public prosecutor’s office this week, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.

RFL/RE – President Donald Trump labeled new U.S. sanctions on Iran as the “toughest ever,” saying the punitive measures would force Tehran to end its “malign” behavior.

RFL/RE – For the past two years, U.S. foreign policy has been roiled by Donald Trump’s presidency as he questioned long-standing tenets of Washington’s alliances and relationships.

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- The wife, children, and colleagues of teachers’ union activist Hashem Khastar, 65, who was forcibly hospitalized on October 23, 2018, in Mashhad, were detained by agents of the Intelligence Ministry on Monday, November 5th.

Al-Monitor – Denmark’s arrest of a Norwegian national of Iranian descent on suspicion of helping prepare assassinations of Iranian Arab separatists has put the administration of President Hassan Rouhani under pressure at a time when it is reeling from US sanctions both at home and abroad. Of note, the Trump administration has over the past year urged Europe to adopt …

Al-Monitor – Even as it seeks to cut off Iran from the world economy, the Donald Trump administration acknowledged today that it will allow India to continue developing the Iranian port of Chabahar, an alternative South Asian trade route to the congested Suez Canal. The reason, in a word: Afghanistan.

Radiofrada – The head of the Islamic Republic’s judiciary has once again threatened to mercilessly punish corrupt business interests and individuals seeking to gain from Iran’s crippling economic downturn.

Radiofarda – The case of a prominent Iranian teachers’ rights activist who was abducted last month and found October 23 detained against his will in a psychiatric hospital is still shrouded in mystery.