Social and Political

VOA – An Iranian Kurdish journalist who has been summoned for questioning by Iran’s security and judicial authorities twice this year says he has been ordered to face a third round of questioning in the coming days.

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Narges Mohammadi, Deputy Head of the Centre for Human Rights Defenders who is detained in Evin Prison, was transferred to the hospital early Monday morning following the deterioration of her health. On August 6th, prison authorities reportedly prevented her from seeing a neurologist.

Human Rights Activists’ News Agency (HRANA) — Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer and human rights activist who has been detained in Tehran’s Evin prison since June 13th on charges of collusion and propaganda against the regime, has written an open letter in reaction to the sudden death of Homa Soltani, daughter of fellow Evin prisoner Abdolfattah Soltani who is also a lawyer …

Al-Monitor – As the Syrian government is now in full control of most parts of the war-torn country, the role of Iran, as a main ally of President Bashar al-Assad, appears to be undergoing significant change.

Radiofarda – Iran’s health ministry spokesman has admitted that the country is currently suffering from shortages of foreign-made medications, but, insisted that “it can be overcome”.

Radiofarda – Iranian state prosecutors announced on Tuesday that Twitter remains banned by the government, rejecting the call of Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi, the current Communication minister, to lift the ban.

Radiofarda – An official at the state-run National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has told state-run news agency, IRNA, that the company was reducing its prices for September sales to Asia to their lowest level in 14 years, compared with Saudi crude.

Radiofarda – Saudi Arabia has freed three Iranian fishermen detained by the kingdom’s coastguard last year, Iran’s state news agency IRNA quoted an Iranian official as saying on Tuesday, following negotiations between the two regional rivals.

Al-Arabia – The ISIS extremist group has up to 30,000 members roughly equally distributed between Syria and Iraq and its global network poses a rising threat — as does al-Qaeda, which is much stronger in places, a United Nations report says.

Iran-HRM – One wonders why people living in provinces such as Khuzestan, located next to the largest river in Iran and cities bordering bodies of sea, are struggling with a shortage of drinking water and thirst.