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Radiofarda – The Iranian government has banned the importing of cars for the past two years, Iranian car manufacturing companies have grabbed the chance to entirely monopolize the local market. However, two developments have raised the possibility of the resumption of car imports next year. The first is allocating a share for importing vehicles in the government’s newly proposed budget. …

Radiofarda – Rouhangiz Soltaninejad — whose husband, Hamid Hajizadeh, and nine-year-old son, Karoun Hajizadeh, were both killed in the Political Chain Murders — has broken her silence after 22 years. Speaking exclusively to Radio Farda, Soltaninejad narrates her husband and nine-year-old son’s murder in graphic details that some might find difficult to read. “Karoun’s eyes were wide open,” she said. …

Radiofarda – Ruhollah Zam, the Iranian media figure who established the AMAD Telegram channel, was hanged in Iran on Saturday, per the IRIB state media channel. The AMAD Telegram channel became one of the most popular Iranian social networks between 2016 and 2017, circulating behind-the-scenes news around the country. Ruhollah Zam established AMAD in 2015, named for the Persian acronym …

RFL/RE – Turkish authorities say they have detained 11 people suspected of spying and abducting an exiled Iranian political dissident on behalf of Tehran.Agents from Turkey’s MIT intelligence service arrested the Turkish nationals two weeks ago following Habib Chaab’s disappearance in Istanbul, the Turkish police said on December 14.Chaab, the former leader of the separatist group the Arab Struggle Movement for the …

Iran-HRM – Golrokh Iraee violently transferred to the notorious Ward 2A of Evin Prison. Political prisoner Golrokh Iraee has been violently removed from Qarchak Prison and taken by force to the IRGC Intelligence Ward 2A in Evin Prison. Prison guards brutalized Golrokh Iraee by stun guns on Sunday, December 13, 2020. Ms. Iraee had previously refused to go to Ward 2A when she …