Social and Political

CHRI – Sharon Gardens, a valuable property near Tehran confiscated from Iran’s largest Christian Protestant organization by a group controlled by the country’s supreme leader, was hit with an eviction order on March 7, 2018.

Al-Monitor – When Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif began his tenure in 2013, the American-educated diplomat knew that he would need to bypass many of the traditional media outlets to spread Iran’s message directly on the international stage. At the time, there was no platform better suited for this objective than Twitter. There was only one problem. Since the …

Radiofarda – The rapid and record fall of the Iranian currency has made many Iranians angry at President Hassan Rouhani, who has repeatedly dismissed the rise of the dollar against the rial as insignificant and transient.

Radiofarda – An anti-drug police chief in Iran says security agencies have captured 14 metric tons of illegal drugs during the first week of the new Iranian year.

AFP – France on Thursday accused Iran of supplying weapons to Houthi rebels fighting a Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.

Radiofarda – The Iranian chairman of a Maltese bank on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to U.S. charges that he took part in a scheme to evade U.S. sanctions against Iran by funneling more than $115 million from a Venezuelan company to an Iranian company through the U.S. financial system under a construction contract.

Radiofarda – European Union ambassadors discussed on Wednesday possible new sanctions on Iran, diplomats said, under plans aimed at persuading U.S. President Donald Trump to preserve an international nuclear deal with Tehran.

Radiofarda – Abdolkarim Hosseinzadeh, Iranian MP and chairman of the Citizenship Rights Committee, says Iranians don’t trust messaging applications developed inside the country, and attempting to control the Internet is futile.

RFL/RE – The United Nations Security Council has condemned missile attacks on Saudi Arabia launched by Yemen’s Huthi rebels last weekend and expressed “grave concern” at reports the Huthis obtained the weapons in violation of a UN arms embargo.

Al-Arabia – Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that his ally Hamid Baghaie was on hunger strike and in deteriorating health after being imprisoned on what he said were politically motivated charges.