Social and Political

radiofarda – Reports received from Iran on social media say angry farmers again launched protests in Isfahan, central Iran on Friday, against “mismanagement of water resources”.

rferl.org – U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to become Washington’s top diplomat sought to defuse fears that he might advocate withdrawing from the Iranian nuclear deal, saying he will continue working with U.S. allies to try to strengthen and “fix” the agreement.

iran-hrm – A Majlis representative announced that Telegram would be filtered by mid-April. He cited suspicions about the monitoring of Telegram and domestic messengers by the Ministry of Intelligence and Revolutionary Guards Corps

iranhumanrights – Six months have passed and the Iranian government has still not resolved the dispute over the suspension of a Yazd City Council member, Sepanta Niknam, due to his Zoroastrian faith.

iranhumanrights – On the same day that Iran’s supreme leader issued a religious ruling ordering the state to refrain from “violating the people’s security and domestic space,” state hackers used malware to access private user information, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned.

alarabiya – Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Thursday in a meeting with Arab League foreign ministers ahead of the 29th Arab summit to be held in Riyadh, that the Palestinian issue is a top priority at the summit.

rferl.org – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran not to test Israel and compared Tehran to Nazi Germany on the day Israel commemorates the murder of 6 million Jews during the Holocaust.

rferl.org – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has signaled that the United States may impose “very strong” sanctions on Iran as President Donald Trump seeks to address what he called the “disastrous flaws” in the 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran and world powers.

rferl.org – A senior hard-line Iranian cleric has called for the execution of “several key money changers” to help end the country’s currency crisis.

iranhumanrights – Following a recent flurry of public criticism of domestically made messaging apps, Iran’s supreme leader has issued a fatwa calling on the government and the Judiciary to protect citizens’ personal privacy rights.