Al-Monitor – Dodging pressure from all sides, Iran’s minister of communications and information technology seems to have no intention of backing down from his push for transparency.
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Iran Arrests 46 In Fresh Crackdowns On Instagram Models
Radiofarda – Iranian authorities have arrested dozens of people in fresh crackdowns on models and associated colleagues posting “immoral images” online.
Read More »Iran’s Khamenei Criticises Saudi Arabia Over Management Of Haj Pilgrimage
Radiofarda – Iran’s top authority Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has criticised Saudi Arabia over its management of the haj pilgrimage and called for a fresh investigation into a 2015 crush that killed hundreds, Iranian state TV reported on Monday.
Read More »Ruhani Gives Green Light For Allowing Iranian Women To Attend Football Matches
Radiofarda – Iranian news agency ISNA reported on Monday that Ruhani has given the green light for allowing Iranian women to attend football matches. This comes after Ruhani delivered the news in a note to Sports Minister Masoud Soltanifar, who then asked the president how the Ministry for Sport should proceed with this.
Read More »Iranians 30 Percent Poorer in Four Decades of Clerical Rule
Radiofarda – New statistics released by the World Bank reveal that Iran has had a painful economic decline during the past four decades of the Islamic Republic’s clerical rule. It appears that those who take pride in Iran’s widespread military presence in the region, deliberately or unknowingly ignore the collapse of the country’s national economy. New statistics released by the …
Read More »Ex-Fiancee Arrested For The Murder Of Iran Activist
Radiofarda – A prosecutor in Fardis, near Tehran says that a dissident who disappeared two weeks ago was killed by her former fiancée.
Read More »Iranian Pilot Arrested After Revealing Safety Lapses On A TV Show
Radiofarda – An Iranian pilot who recently made revelations about gross safety violations by Iranian airlines was arrested on Sunday, July 15 in Tehran for a few hours. Amin Amir Sadeghi published a video on his Instagram page showing himself handcuffed by the police saying with a smirk that it was shameful that he had been arrested because he made …
Read More »Iranian Students Arrested During Protests Sentenced To Prison
Iran-HRM – Iranian students arrested during the widespread December/January protests earlier this year have been sentenced to prison terms. The Appeals Court in Tabriz, northwest Iran, on July 10 upheld a two-year sentence against Roya Saghiri and a six-month prison term for Ali Ghadiri. A three-months prison was also upheld by the Appeals Court against Ali Kamrani, a student of …
Read More »US Media: Israel Smuggled Nuclear Plans Out of Tehran
VOA – Israel agents broke into an Iranian warehouse and smuggled out tens of thousands of pages and nearly 200 computer discs on Iranian plans to build a nuclear weapon, U.S. media reports say. The New York Times first reported the story in its Sunday edition. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used these documents, in part, to urge President Donald …
Read More »Iran’s Leader Calls For Support For Rohani In Face Of Fresh US Sanctions
RFL/RE – Iran’s supreme leader has called on state bodies to support the government of President Hassan Rohani in fighting looming U.S. economic sanctions, saying America’s “conspiracy” could be defeated, Iranian media have reported.
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