Social and Political

Al-Arabia – Recently, US President Donald Trump addressed the UN Security Council in New York. Among many topics including the failure of socialism and the wrong path of globalism around the world, President Trump took up the subject of Iran.

Iran-HRM – Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday, October 4, shot and killed Azim Ahmadi, a young man who had no choice but work as a porter in order to make ends meet.

RFL/RE – The Swedish Academy on October 5 announced it had elected an Iranian-born poet and a Swedish judge as new members in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal that forced it to postpone awarding a Nobel prize in literature this year.

VOA  — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the kingdom has met its promise to Washington to make up for Iranian crude oil supplies lost through U.S. sanctions.

Iran Human Rights – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday condemned the execution in Iran this week of Zeinab Sekaanvand Lokran, a juvenile offender. Ms. Sekaanvand was convicted of murdering her husband in 2012, when she was 17 years old, but her claims that she was coerced into confessing to the killing, and that she had been a victim of …

Radiofarda – Citing sources affiliated with the intelligence, security, and police forces of the Islamic Republic, Iranian MPs say they have evidence the recent terrorist attack in the southwestern city of Ahvaz was the result of carelessness on the part of the security apparatus.

Radiofarda – Iranian workers have lost 90% of their purchasing power, says the chairman of the Supreme Center of Council’s Committee (SCCC) for wages, Faramarz Tofiqi.

Radiofarda – Saudi Arabia owned Middle East Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) will launch a Persian TV channel on Saturday, October 6, Arab News reports.

Radiofarda – The Trump administration is giving greater priority to Iran and radical groups it backs in a new U.S. counterterrorism strategy document released on Thursday that further increases the pressure from Washington on Tehran.

Iran-HRM – Employees of Khomeini Hospital sell their kidneys to survive