Social and Political

Radiofarda – The Islamic Republic’s Prosecutor-General says the death sentence against Iranian billionaire Babak Zanjani will “definitely” be carried out.

Radiofarda – Reports from Iran say that two members of the Baseej have been killed in clashes in the southeast of the country. IRNA quotes Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) command in Sistan-Baluchistan province as saying that two members of the Baseej were killed in clashes with “outlaw” elements. Their funerals were scheduled for Friday in a town located in …

Radiofarda – An expensive railway connecting Armenia to neighboring Iran will not be constructed anytime soon, Transport and Communications Minister Ashot Hakobian acknowledged on Thursday.

Radiofarda – Following Russia’s lead, EU leaders are exploring the possibility of circumventing U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil sales by trading oil for goods instead of purchasing it, according to Iranian officials.

Radiofarda – A reshuffling of President Hassan Rouhani’s cabinet is now more likely than ever as his aides have joined his critics in calling for a change in his economic team, reported the pro-Rouhani daily newspaper Iran on Thursday July 19.

The Iranian regime in its present form cannot last, with protests certain to escalate, sanctions biting hard, the economy crumbling, and Iran’s currency the rial in deadfall, the end is looming. But when the regime eventually falls, it will fall due to the consequences of its own hegemonic and oppressive policies, brought down by the wrath of its people, who …

Al-Arabia – India today finds itself in the center of a tug of war. If the United States, a strategic partner, is pushing it to drastically reduce its oil imports from Iran; then Iran, an old ally, is asserting its strategic value in terms of not just oil but also the Chabahar port. This week saw first the visit of …

Iran-HRM – A prominent lawyer in Iran Nasrin Sotoudeh faced a new charge for her peaceful anti-death penalty activities with the “LEGAM” Campaign (Step by step for abolition of the death penalty). Speaking to the state-run Iran Students News Agency (ISNA), her husband Reza Khandan said, the judiciary summoned Nasrin Sotoudeh to the second Branch of the Evin Court. “They …

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – HRANA has obtained verified audio excerpts of conversations between Iranian Parliament member Salman Khodadadi and the women whom he allegedly sexually abused. The conversations are in the Turkic/Azeri language (the video includes a Persian translation), HRANA has provided an English translation below:

CHRI – Ramin and Mehran Seyed-Emami have sued Iran’s state-run TV, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), for slandering their father Kavous Seyed-Emami, who died under suspicious circumstances in Tehran’s Evin Prison in February 2018.