PyavanNews – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering a state visit to Iran in July as Tokyo is seeking to strengthen economic ties with Tehran, government sources have said.
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She defends the downtrodden. So Iran put her in jail.
washingtonpost – When ROUHANI ran for president of Iran in 2013, he campaigned on the promise of promoting human rights and individual freedoms in a country that retained a strong authoritarian bent. Five years after his election, it is becoming clear that Mr. Rouhani has failed to deliver on these promises. Last week’s arrest of prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh is …
Read More »Merkel Calls On Europe To Counter Iran’s ‘Aggressive Tendencies’
Radiofarda – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Europe to “urgently” take measures to counter Iran’s “aggressive” activities in the Middle East.
Read More »Iran Walks Out As Russia, Saudis Gain Support For Oil Output Increase
RFL/RE – Iran’s oil minister has walked away from negotiations with other major oil producers over a significant increase in oil production advocated by Russia and Tehran’s archrival, Saudi Arabia.
Read More »IHR Warns Against Execution of Ramin Hossein Panahi in Iran
Iran Human Rights – Iran Human Rights warns that the execution of the Kurdish political prisoner, Ramin Hossein Panahi, may be carried out in the next few days. IHR asks the judicial authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran to stop the execution immediately and overturn this inhumane verdict.
Read More »Iran preps for sanctions by expanding major port project
Al-Monitor – Providing landlocked Central Asia with shipping access through Iran’s southeastern Chabahar port has been a hot topic since the fall of the Soviet Union. With China’s One Belt One Road initiative in recent years and investment by Central Asian countries in the new transit routes, Iran faces more challenges than ever to utilize the potential of Chabahar.
Read More »Iranian women win big in fight over right to watch soccer games
Al-Monitor – After 40 years and some last-minute power plays and wrangling between President Hassan Rouhani’s administration and conservatives in the police force, Iranian women were allowed to enter Tehran’s Azadi stadium to watch a televised World Cup match, between Iran and Spain, alongside men.
Read More »Iranian Women Win Big As National Team Loses To Spain
Radiofarda – Iranian officials opened the doors of Tehran’s Azadi Stadium to women after forty years, Wednesday evening, June 20, making headlines around the world.
Read More »A Canadian U-Turn on Iran?
gatestoneinstitute – Most alarming to the U.S. has been Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s position on Iran, where the regime seems to want to increase its influence in Canada due to its proximity to the U.S. Trudeau has been enabling this penetration.
Read More »Iranian Lawyer Arrested For Claiming Executed Sufi Man’s Innocence
RFL/RE – Iranian authorities have arrested a lawyer for spreading “lies” after claiming that a Sufi man executed this week was wrongfully convicted of killing three police officers, local media report. The semiofficial Fars news agency said on June 20 that an arrest warrant was issued against Zeinab Taheri for making “false statements” and because of “her lies propagated online …
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