Al-Arabia – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered the country’s President Hassan Rouhani to present new reports that “clearly explain the government’s recent allocation of foreign currency and gold coins to companies and individuals.
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Iranian official: We will stay in Syria despite Russia’s objections
Al-Arabia – Iran on Sunday said it will keep its military forces in Syria despite appeals from its ally Russia to withdraw its Revolutionary Guard Corps and other militias.
Read More »Iran Detains Teen Over Dance Videos Posted On InstagramIran Detains Teen Over Dance Videos Posted On Instagram
RFL/RE – Iran has detained a teenager who posted dance videos on her Instagram page, which has more than 40,000 followers.
Read More »Dutch Carrier KLM Says Suspending Flights To Tehran
RFL/RE – Dutch airline KLM says it has decided to suspend its flights to Tehran for the time being “as a result of the negative results and financial outlook.”
Read More »Shipping Giant Exits Iran, Fears US Sanctions
VOA — One of the world’s biggest cargo shippers announced Saturday that it was pulling out of Iran for fear of becoming entangled in U.S. sanctions, and President Hassan Rouhani demanded that European countries to do more to offset the U.S. measures.
Read More »Striking Driver Attacked By The Company’s Authorities
Iran-HRM – On Wednesday, July 4, 2018, following the protest and labor strike of the drivers of the Hakim Farabi Sugarcane Development Company of Khuzestan against the lack of increase in salaries and benefits, one of the striking drivers was attacked and beaten by the company’s authorities.
Read More »British-Pakistani Appointed UN Special Rapporteur On Human Rights In Iran
Radiofarda – Javid Rehman, a British-Pakistani legal scholar has been appointed as U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran.
Read More »Family Of Jailed Activist In Iran Concerned He Will Be killed In Prison
Radiofarda – The brother of an Iranian Kurdish man on death row says the prison authorities have told the dissident that he would either be executed or killed behind bars.
Read More »Iran Executes 8 in 2017 Islamic State Attack on Tehran
VOA — Iran said Saturday it executed eight people convicted in the 2017 Islamic State group attack on parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran.
Read More »Ankara Pushes Back Over US Iran Sanctions
VOA — Ankara has criticized Washington’s hardline policy toward Tehran, and with Turkey’s cooperation seen as vital to enforcing U.S. sanctions against Iran, analysts say a new confrontation could be looming.
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