Radiofarda – A court of appeals in Iran has upheld the 23-month sentence verdict against a young student who had participated in the anti-establishment demonstrations last December/January.
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Trump, May Discuss Russia, Iran, ‘Very Strong’ U.S.-U.K. Relationship
Radiofarda – U.S. President Donald Trump says he has urged Britain to maintain pressure on Iran and agreed with Prime Minister Theresa May that Tehran must never possess nuclear weapons.
Read More »Israel Interceptor Missile Shoots Down Drone At Syrian Frontier
Radiofarda – Israel’s military said it had fired a missile at a drone that approached from Syria on Friday, and a witness on the Syrian side of the frontier said the aircraft had been brought down.
Read More »Dissident Activist Disappears, Lawyer Says Possibly Murder
Radiofarda – An Iranian dissident activist who was involved in anti-government protests last December and January has disappeared without a trace. Her lawyer says murder cannot be ruled out.
Read More »Iran Will Leave Syria, Iraq Only If Baghdad, Damascus Want It, Aide To Khamenei Says
Radiofarda – A top aide to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday that Iran would immediately withdraw its “military advisers” from Syria and Iraq only if their governments wanted it to. “Iran and Russia’s presence in Syria will continue to protect the country against terrorist groups and America’s aggression … We will immediately leave if Iraqi and …
Read More »Minister Says ‘Confession’ Video Was Smokescreen To Hide Corruption
Radiofarda – Iran’s state-run TV has been airing coerced “confessions” since the early 1980s. While nearly all of the confessions broadcast have thus far been from politicians or opposition activists, the latest case stands out, as it involved a sobbing 17-year-old girl swearing she meant no harm to the Islamic Republic when she posted a video of herself on Instagram …
Read More »‘Meaningful Access Is Important’ Says New UN Rapporteur On Iran
Radiofarda – Javaid Rehman, a British-Pakistani legal scholar, has been appointed as U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran.
Read More »REVEALED: Iranian held in Germany over bomb plot is intelligence chief in Vienna
Al-Arabia – Assadollah Assadi, the Iranian regime’s diplomat who was arrested in Germany for masterminding the bombing plot during the meeting of National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) in Paris on June 30, is the Iranian Intelligence station chief in Vienna, sources inside the Iranian regime have revealed.
Read More »Argentina Asks Russia To Arrest, Extradite Iran’s Velayati On Moscow Visit
RFL/RE – Argentina’s Foreign Ministry says it has asked Russia to arrest and extradite former Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati, citing his alleged role in a 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people.
Read More »Israel: Russia Understands Our Concerns with Iran in Syria
VOA – An Israeli official says Prime Minister Netanyahu’s latest meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin ended with Putin expressing understanding for Israel’s call for Iranian forces to be ejected from Syria.
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