Social and Political

Radiofarda – U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has outlined three goals of the Trump administration in Syria: a ban on the use of chemical weapons, a full defeat of ISIS, and preventing Iran from “taking over the area.” “We want to make sure that the influence of Iran doesn’t take over the area,” Haley said in an …

Radiofarda – Iranian Judiciary’s Spokesperson Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei says the country’s most notorious judge, former Tehran prosecutor and Press Court Judge Saeed Mortazavi, has vanished into thin air before going to jail as “accomplice in murder.”

Iran-HRM – Four individuals including a three-year-old child were shot dead in Dalgan, Sistan and Baluchestan when state police opened fire on a suspected car.

RFL/RE – A summit of the Arab League has called for an international probe into the “criminal” use of chemical weapons in Syria and condemned what it said was Iran’s interference in the affairs of Arab countries. The summit in Saudi Arabia came a day after the United States, along with allies France and Britain, launched air strikes on Syria …

RFL/RE – The White House says the U.S. mission in Syria has not changed, reiterating that President Donald Trump wants American troops home “as quickly as possible.”

HRW – It seems that an infamous Iranian prosecutor – someone sentenced to two years in prison for complicity in the death of one person arrested during Iran’s 2009 anti-government protests – has vanished before he could even be arrested. At least, that is what a spokesperson from Iran’s judiciary said on Thursday. “An arrest warrant has been issued but …

Al-Arabia – The so-called Iran nuclear deal, a witches’ brew concocted by that most deserving of Nobel peace laureates Barack Obama, has furnished the theme of many bizarre diplomatic twists and turns. The latest is an attempt by sections of the European Union to persuade President Donald Trump to renege on his campaign promise to improve or scrap the “deal.”

CHRI  — Prisoner of conscience Narges Mohammadi was unable to accept the 2018 Andrei Sakharov Prize in person in Columbus, Ohio where the American Physical Society (APS) awarded it to her but she sent a message of hope and strength in a powerful speech. “The path to democracy in Iran lies not through violence, war, or military action by a …

rferl.org – BRUSSELS – The European Union says it has decided to prolong sanctions against Iran over its human rights record for another year.

radiofarda – EXCLUSIVE – More than two weeks after widespread protests began in Iran’s oil-rich southwestern Khuzestan province, the exact number of people detained during the unrest is still unknown.