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Radiofarda – The governor of Yazd, where Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani was heckled on Sunday, says the protest was an organized effort, without saying who was behind it. IRNA news website controlled by the presidential administration quoted an unnamed source in the governor’s office as saying, provincial authorities know who is behind “this small group”. Governors are appointed by the …

PayvandNews – The Persian prophet Mani created a new religion in the 3rd century AD. He believed the world is a struggle between the forces of dark and light which ultimately causes the release of the light-soul from the material body. The Persian Emperor, Shapur I, allowed Mani to freely promote his ideas through the empire but later, following the …

CHRI – Fate of Detainees Unclear Despite Intervention by Supreme Leader Nearly two years after they were first detained in Tehran, eight conservationists have been charged with “cooperation with U.S. and Israeli enemy states against the Islamic Republic of Iran for the purpose of espionage for the CIA and Mossad,” the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. …

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Friday (November 1) said the U.S. is working with its allies to ensure adequate oil supply in the market so as to offset sanctions on Iran. Mnuchin is in India as part of a tour to build support against Iran over its nuclear programme and its ties to militant networks. On Wednesday (October 30), …

Al-Arabia – The recent tightening of US sanctions on Iran has weakened the regime’s grip on Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen, raising the prospect of reform and peace across the region, America’s top Iran advisor told Al Arabiya in an exclusive interview. The Trump administration has imposed a “maximum pressure” campaign – increasing targeted sanctions on the Iranian regime since leaving …

Radiofarda – In a hearing at the U.S. Congress’ Subcommittee on the Middle East Policy on October 30, the democrats criticized President Donald Trump’s policy in the region, saying Iran has become more powerful and expanded its influence during this administration. The chairman of the subcommittee, Rep. Ted Deutch D-Florida in his opening remarks said, “While the administration counts its …

Radiofarda – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Wednesday said the protests in Iraq and Lebanon were financed by Gulf Arab countries, with petrodollars and organized by “intelligence services”. In a speech, Khamenei conceded that the demands of the protesters “are just”, but these should be addressed “within legal frameworks”. The popular protest movements in Iran and Lebanon have worried …

Iran-HRM – Iranian security forces attacked and arrested dozens of peaceful protesting workers of Azarab factory in the city of Arak, on October 20 and 21. The workers were from AzarAb Industries, a large manufacturing and construction company located in the city of Arak, in the western province of Markazi, 281 kilometers west of the capital city, Tehran. The workers …

Radiofarda – Iranian police in the city of Arak in the Central Province attacked Azar Ab Industry workers during a gathering marking the second week of their walk-out Sunday October 20. The police attacked the workers with tear gas and arrested scores of them, semi-official news agency ISNA reported. The workers blocked the North-South railway for several hours, but the …

CHRI – The prosecution of 14 women who signed a statement demanding the resignation of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will begin on October 21, 2019, at Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court. They have been charged with “propaganda against the state” and “assembly and collusion against national security,” Mohammad Hossein Aghasi, an attorney representing three of the defendants, told the Center …