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radiofarda – In a statement released on his Telegram channel on Saturday Reza Pahlavi, the last Crown Prince of Iran has said that preparing for the “inevitable downfall of the Islamic Republic” and “leadership in transitional period” is a matter of utmost importance for Iranians now. “Less than two years ago…while stressing that the downfall of the Islamic Republic was …

Radiofarda – Deputy Commander of Iran’s revolutionary guards, IRGC, Ali Fadavi says Iranian security forces put an end to recent anti-government demonstrations in Iran within 48 hours. He made the statement even though the protests which started on Friday November 15 still continued Thursday in some locations. With almost a full internet blackout, there was little unofficial news on Friday. …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – According to the Iranian official media, two people were executed at Mashhad prison, northeastern Iran, Sunday. According to the official news outlet Iran Online, a man was executed for murder and assault a minor girl on Sunday, November 17, 2019. It is mentioned that the man, called J, was 26 at the time of the …

Radiofarda – Berlin on Monday urged Iran to respect the “legitimate” protests against a petrol prike hike, and open talks with the demonstrators. “It is legitimate and deserving of our respect when people courageously air their economic and political grievances, as is currently happening in Iran,” said Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer. “The Iranian government should respond to the …

Al-Arabia – Protesters have once again blocked the entrance to Iraq’s Umm Qasr commodities port near Basra, preventing employees and tankers from entering and bringing operations down by 50 percent, two port sources told Reuters on Monday. If the blockage goes on until the afternoon, operations will come to a complete halt, the sources said. The port was previously blocked …

Radiofarda – IRGC Intelligence Chief Hossein Taeb has warned against “infiltrators” entering the Iranian Parliament in the upcoming elections in February, amid tensions between President Hassan Rouhani and the country’s hardliners. Speaking at a gathering of election supervisory boards on Thursday, November 14 in Mashhad in north-eastern Iran, Taeb said the IRGC Intelligence Organization will prevent “Counter-revolutionaries and corrupt individuals” …

Amnesty – An award-winning journalist previously trapped on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, has touched down at Auckland Airport and has been granted a visitor visa for New Zealand to appear at a special WORD Christchurch event on November 29th. Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish journalist from Iran, is known the world over for his work reporting on human rights abuses …

Al-Arabia – Iran said Saturday it is now enriching uranium to five percent, after a series of steps back from its commitments under a troubled 2015 accord with major powers. The deal set a 3.67 percent limit for uranium enrichment but Iran announced it would no longer respect it after Washington unilaterally abandoned the agreement last year and re-imposed crippling …

PayvandNews – Of the buildings that still remain from the early years of civilization, are the ancient temples. Given the importance of religion for the mankind, it’s not surprising that these spiritual sites were built using topmost architectural innovations of the time in imposing scales. Tappeh Mill Tappeh Mill (literally – a mill hill), also known as the Bahram fire …

VOA – Iran’s nuclear chief announced Monday the country is operating dozens of advanced centrifuges in a move that further goes against the 2015 agreement the country signed with a group of world powers. Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, said told state television Monday that Iran was operating the IR-6 centrifuges, which allow the processing …