PayvandNews – U.S. President Donald Trump will chair a UN Security Council meeting on Iran this month during the annual gathering of world leaders in New York, to spotlight his grievances against Tehran.
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New Unemployment Figures ‘Alarming,’ Says Iranian Parliament
Radiofarda – A study conducted by the Research Center of the Iranian Parliament says that the current unemployment figures in Iran are alarming.
Read More »Kremlin Rejects Trump’s Warning Against New Offensive In Syria
Radiofarda – U.S. President Donald Trump has warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Iran and Russia not to “recklessly attack” Syria’s last opposition-held province, Idlib, warning that hundreds of thousands of people could be killed.
Read More »SocGen Expects To Pay 1.1 Bn Euros In US Sanctions Fines
Radiofarda – French banking giant Societe Generale said Tuesday it expects to pay 1.1 billion euros ($1.27 billion) in fines to settle a dispute with US authorities over allegations that it violated sanctions, particularly in Iran.
Read More »Iranian rial hits record low at 138,000 to the dollar
Al-Arabia – The Iranian rial hit a record low against the US dollar on the unofficial market on Tuesday, a foreign exchange website reported, amid a deterioration in the economic situation and the reimposition of sanctions by the United States.
Read More »After disinformation campaign, Iran’s embarrassment in cyberspace
Al-Arabia – In an effort to confront fake news and terrorism propaganda fomented by the Iranian regime, social media giants, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, have recently suspended and blocked a number of accounts, pages and channels affiliated with Iran.
Read More »WATCH: Iranian boy tells horrific story of why a Tehran officer cut his ear
Al-Arabia – Tehran municipality officers cut off a child’s ear because they found him looking in trash for anything to sell and make a living, Iranian media outlets reports on Monday.
Read More »Iranian army experts, Hezbollah fighters killed in battle with Yemeni army
Al-Arabia – A number of Houthi leaders, Iranian experts, and Hezbollah fighters have been killed during battles in the last two days against the Yemeni army in the Marran district in Saada, according to a Yemeni military source.
Read More »Influential Iranian Cleric Rejects Europe’s Demand For Talks On Ballistic Missiles
RFL/RE – An influential Iranian cleric says Europe is not helping to preserve a nuclear accord between Iran and world powers by demanding additional talks on issues like Tehran’s ballistic missiles, the country’s state media reported.
Read More »Iran: Husband of hunger-striking human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh arrested
Amnesty – Responding to the arrest in Iran this morning of Reza Khandan, the husband of prominent jailed human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, Amnesty International’s Research and Advocacy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Philip Luther, said:
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