Al-Arabia – Iran’s supreme leader is urging the country’s judiciary to take measures to secure people’s “businesses and lives” amid economic protests that have struck the capital, Tehran.
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ANALYSIS: The Nazi roots of Muslim Brotherhood
Al-Arabia – After years of causing disruption on the streets of Egypt, on 30 June 2012, the Muslim Brotherhood’s leader Mohammed Morsi was sworn in as the country’s first democratically elected president.
Read More »U.S. Warns Countries To Halt Iranian Oil Imports By November
RFL/RE – The United States is pushing countries to halt Iranian oil imports from early November, a senior State Department official said on June 26, warning that Washington will not grant any sanction waivers. President Donald Trump on May 8 announced that the United States was leaving a landmark 2015 deal that Tehran signed with world powers to curb its …
Read More »Iran’s Judiciary Chief Threatens Protesting Merchants With Execution as Protests Continue
CHRI – The Chief Justice of Iran Sadegh Larijani has threatened the merchants who have been protesting in Tehran against rising inflation since June 25, 2018, with execution if they don’t back down. Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi has also blamed the protests on the US, adding that “a number of the main instigators” have been arrested. “I’m warning you. …
Read More »How Iran dropped dual exchange rates but ended up with four
Al-Monitor -The devaluation of the Iranian rial first gained serious steam back in April, partly due to fears of returning US sanctions. As such, the administration of President Hassan Rouhani on April 10 implemented what it called a rate unification policy in order to prevent further depreciation of the national currency. Market fears were found to be justified when US …
Read More »Amid economic woes, soccer team performance rallies Iranians around flag
Al-Monitor – Iran was filled with pride and praise for its national soccer team, known as Team Melli, as it raised eyebrows by holding former European champion Portugal to a tie in the World Cup on June 25.
Read More »Tehran Bazaar Protest Against ‘Economic Chaos’ Spreads To Other Cities
Radiofarda – Protests against rising prices and chaos at foreign exchange rates continued in Tehran on June 26 for the third consecutive day. Protests have also spread to markets in several other Iranian cities, local media reported.
Read More »US Supreme Court Upholds Trump Travel Ban
Radiofarada – The US Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Donald Trump’s controversial ban on travelers from five mostly Muslim countries — a big victory for the Republican leader after a tortuous legal battle.
Read More »Bazaar Protests Continue A Second Day in Iran
Radiofarada – Yesterday’s protest or the high value of the dollar are continuing today. There are protests in the surrounding areas to the Grand Bazaar. According to the the DPA news agency Tehran’s chief prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said that “A large number” of people who took part in a mass protest in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar this week have been …
Read More »Environmental Crisis Forces Abadan Residents To Migrate
Radiofarda – High concentration of salt in the water has shut down the industrial and agricultural sectors around the southwestern Iranian city of Abadan and forced some of the residents to emigrate to other cities, an Iranian official says. “In the last month, the situation has become so critical that business activities have been directly affected”, Masoud Khayyatzadeh, the president …
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