Social and Political

Radiofarda – Meticulously planned, orchestrated and choreographed, official ceremonies attended by the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader are also a barometer to measure the guests’ intimacy with the host, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Radiofarda – A senior United Arab Emirates (UAE) official warned European powers on Tuesday that they were offering Iran a glimmer of hope by trying to keep trade flowing, but that ultimately they would fall behind the United States’ tough approach on Tehran.

Al-Arabia – American President Donald Trump’s speech at the podium of the United Nations, the glass building with its famous hall and even more famous podium, clearly revealed his plan to force the ruling regime in Iran to change its behavior or to exert “maximum pressure” on it.

gatestoneinstitute – Are the Iranian people actually seeking regime change? If they are, why have past protests failed and how can current demonstrations have a better chance of success?

VOA – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday criticized a European Union plan to help European companies do business with Iran as they face the prospect of U.S. sanctions that could punish them for such trade.

HRW  – Iran’s security apparatus has escalated its targeting of Iranian dual citizens and foreign nationals whom they perceive to have links with Western academic, economic, and cultural institutions, Human Rights Watch said today

Al-Monitor – “Mr. Rouhani! Stand firm!” Iranian hard-line daily Kayhan advised President Hassan Rouhani, reminding him that Iran is the “creditor” in its dispute with the United States. “With a strong and affirmative speech, the president should elucidate … the black record of the Great Satan,” the paper wrote, insisting that this was the Iranian public’s expectation.

Al-Monitor – While Iranians in the province of Khuzestan held funeral processions for the victims of a terrorist attack on a military parade, there still seems to be a great deal of confusion in the media as to who was behind the attack, causing tension between Iran and a number of European countries. 

PayvandNews – Less than a month after Iran’s consulate in Basra was attacked, a group of terrorists claiming to be members of the Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz attacked a military parade in the capital of Iran’s Khuzestan province, killing 25 people and wounding many more. When the Basra consulate incident took place , some commentators in Iran speculated …

Reuters – U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani exchanged taunts at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday with Trump vowing more sanctions against Tehran and Rouhani suggesting his American counterpart suffers from a “weakness of intellect.”