radiofarda – Iran’s defense minister says the country will continue to focus efforts on developing missile capabilities and will next week unveil a new fighter jet amid U.S. efforts to curb Tehran’s weapons programs and regional influence.
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Rouhani VP Says Corruption Has Reached Top Officials
radiofarda – Corruption in Iran has spread and extended to “a number of top state officials”, the Islamic Republic’s Vice President has declared.
Read More »Merkel, Putin Exchange Views On Ukraine, Syria, Iran, Pipeline
rferl.org – The Kremlin says German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a “”very serious and detailed” three-hour discussion during their meeting outside of Berlin, including an exchange of views on Ukraine, Syria, Iran, and a crucial pipeline project.
Read More »HRW Says Iran Judiciary ‘Criminalizing Rights Activism’
rferl.org – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Iran’s authorities to immediately release prominent lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, saying her arrest and the new charges against her reveal the “grave degree the Iranian judiciary is criminalizing human rights activism.”
Read More »Zarif: U.S. ‘Action Group’ Will Fail To Overthrow Iran Regime
rferl.org – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that a newly established Iran Action Group in the U.S. State Department aims to overthrow Iran’s clerical establishment, but it would fail.
Read More »Iran hangs six men for armed robbery
iran-hrm – Iran hanged six men convicted of stealing 10kg of gold jewelry using cold weapons, the state media reported.
Read More »Protesting His Wifes Detention the Husband of Prominent Iranian Lawyer Beaten
radiozamaneh – On 17 June, Iranian security forces attacked a group of protesters who had gathered in front of Tehran’s notorious Evin prison. The group had gathered there to protest the detention of Nasrin Sotoudeh who was arrested earlier this week and is being held without charge.
Read More »Rouhani to appear before Iranian parliament soon, says lawmaker
alarabiya – An Iranian lawmaker said on Saturday that President Hassan Rouhani would appear before parliament on August 28 to answer questions on his government’s handling of Iran’s economic struggles, but an aide to Rouhani denied a date had been set.
Read More »US committed to expel Iran and its allied militias out of Syria
alarabiya – The US States department announced on Friday that it is committed to expel Iran and its allied militias out of Syria.
Read More »Iranian Media Call New U.S. Action Group ‘Aggressive Policy’
radiofarda – Iran’s state TV has characterized the formation of the Iran Action Group at the US Department of State on Thursday August 16 “an aggressive policy,” and IRGC-linked Fars news agency called it “the action group against Iran.”
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