Social and Political

Radiofarda – The United States’ State Department is claiming that the United Nations Security Council has failed to “hold Iran accountable” following the Security Council’s rejection on Friday of the U.S.-proposed resolution to extend an arms embargo on Iran set to expire on October 18. In a statement, the State Department criticized the Security Council for proving unable to “[uphold] …

Radiofarda – In the early morning hours of August 16, 1953, Colonel Nematollah Nassiri, the commander of the Imperial Guard, delivered a decree hand-signed by Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi to the office of the Prime Minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh. It was an order for the Prime Minister’s dismissal. Hours earlier, Nassiri had handed over another signed order from the Shah to …

Radiofarda – Following the United Nations Security Council’s rejection on Friday of the United States-led resolution to extend an arms embargo on Iran, the three European members of the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran — Britain, France and Germany — explained their reasons for abstaining from the vote, while Iran’s allies, China and Russia, called the proposed U.S. resolution “futile” …

VOA – U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday he will try a controversial “snapback” to force a return of U.N. sanctions against Iran, after the Security Council rejected Washington’s bid to extend the arms embargo against the Islamic republic.“We’ll be doing a snapback,” the president said, referring to the contested argument that the U.S. remains a participant in the 2015 …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Concern for the condition of Farhad Salmanpour, a civil activist locked up with prisoners convicted of serious violent crimes while having a lung infection amidst the spread of COVID-19 at Fashafuye Prison (Greater Tehran Penitentiary). According to Iran Human Rights, Farhad Salmanpour Zahir, a civil activist who was recently transferred to the Greater Tehran Penitentiary, …

gatestoneinstitute.org – What Ails the Islamic Republic in Iran?… one may suggest another, in my opinion more pertinent, ailment: Anti-Americanism or, to coin a word, Americanitis. It consists of a mixture of professed hatred of the United States, as reflected in the regime’s uber-slogan “Death to America”, on the one hand, and sadomasochistic fascination with all things American on the …

Radiofarda – An Iran-backed Afghan militant group called the Fatemiyoun Brigade vowed on August 14 to carry out its fight until the “annihilation of Israel” and creating the “new Islamic civilization. The Fatemiyoun is made up of Afghans deployed in Syria by Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ (IRGC) extraterritorial military and intelligence arm, the Qods Force. They have been on …

Radiofarda – U.S. Secretary of StateMike Pompeo says proceeds from Iranian gasoline seized from oil tankers bound for Venezuela could reach “American victims of state terrorism.” The U.S. Department of Justice has confirmed that it has seized the cargo of four oil tankers, Luna, Pandi, Bering, and Bella, in recent days for violating U.S. sanctions. In his press briefing on …

Radiofarda – An ultraconservative member of Iranian parliament’s presidium, Hossein-Ali Haji Deligani says 450,000 abortions are performed annually in Iran because of the “cultural damage” cyberspace has inflicted on Iran. Haji Deligani, who is also a member of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, also insisted on Friday, August 14, that the widespread presence of foreigners on Iranian cyberspace has caused …

Radiofarda – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday proposed holding a seven-way online summit of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council together with Germany and Iran, to outline steps aimed at avoiding a confrontation over the Iran arms embargo. In a Kremlin statement, Putin said discussions were becoming increasingly tense over the Iranian issue at the Security …