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PayvandNews – Iran earned a hard-fought 3-2 (25-27, 25-23, 25-19, 17-25, 15-10) win over Argentina at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Men’s World Cup on Friday. Porya Yali led Iran with 18 points and Argentina’s Ezequiel Palacios scored 20 points in Hiroshima in the second phase of round-robin play. See match photos and statistics by FIVB “It was a tough game …

RFL/RE – After a ban lasting nearly four decades, Iranian women will finally be allowed to watch a men’s soccer match at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium on October 10 as Iran takes on Cambodia in a World Cup qualifier. The Iran-Cambodia game in Tehran on October 10 will mark the first time since shortly after the Islamic Revolution in 1979 that …

Radiofarda – Three young women who posted their own dance videos on Instagram were arrested in Iran on October 8 and will be tried in court. Screen grab from one of the young women who posted their dance videos on Instagram. Dancing in public is strictly forbidden in the Islamic Republic of Iran but uploading footage of one’s dancing on …

RFL/RE – After decades of being banned from attending men’s sporting events, Iran’s female soccer fans are celebrating the fact they will be able to attend their national team’s upcoming World Cup qualifier against Cambodia.“I got a ticket, I will go to the stadium!” tweeted a woman, adding: “Can you believe I’m saying this?”The game at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium on October …

Al-Arabia – Farsi-speaking Iranians, not Iraqi forces, have been shooting at people during Iraq’s recent deadly protests, according to a protester interviewed in Baghdad by Reuters. “There is no work, you come to protest, they fire at you. Live gunfire. They are all Iranian speaking in Farsi. You want to speak to them they answer in Farsi. The Iraqis would not …

Radiofarda -Sigal Mandelker, the U.S. Treasury official who oversaw the Trump administration’s aggressive use of sanctions as a foreign policy tool, has resigned to return to the private sector, the U.S. Treasury secretary said on Wednesday. Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Mandelker allowed Treasury to play “an increasingly central role in national security matters.” “She is a fierce advocate for effectively …

cartoonbrew.com – In a major development for Iran’s budding animation industry, an animated feature from the country is set to qualify for the Oscars for the first time. The Last Fiction, the debut feature from the Tehran-based Hoorakhsh Studios, will play in Hollywood’s Arena Cinelounge (6464 Sunset Blvd) the week of October 18–24. With this theatrical run, it will become eligible …

Radiofarda – Immediately before security forces stormed his house and arrested him, the brother of an exiled Iranian anti-hijab activist managed to send her a video message lamenting about being under heavy pressure. The New York-based Masih Alinejad has circulated the video sent by her brother, complaining about the pressure on her family living in northern Iran. Intelligence agents stormed …

Al-Arabia – Saudi Arabia’s crown prince warned in an interview broadcast on Sunday that oil prices could spike to “unimaginably high numbers” if the world does not come together to deter Iran, but said he would prefer a political solution to a military one. Speaking to the CBS program “60 Minutes,” Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said he agreed …

Radiofarda – Following an attack on the pavilion of the Free-Thinking Association of Allameh Tabatabaei University by hardliner students in Iran, the president of the college, Hossein Salimi, has promised to discipline all involved. However, Salimi immediately added that the students should also respect the “red lines” of the regime; a warning to independent students. Last Monday, September 23, members …