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Radiofarda – The lawyers of jailed British citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe are alleging that the UK government has stalled payment of a £400 million debt to Iran, which could secure her freedom, for fear of offending the Trump administration. In a letter to UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s lawyers say postponing the next court hearing on the dispute over the …

Radiofarda – A member of the Tehran City Council said on Sunday that Tehran’s COVID-19 death toll has risen to 10,200 residents since the outbreak began in February, with the Health Ministry’s official death toll for the country reaching 20,643. Addressing a council meeting, Counselor Nahid Khodakarami also warned about the impact of the current month-long mourning ceremonies and the …

Radiofarda – Tehran Police Chief Hossein Rahimi said on Tuesday that authorities have arrested Keyvan Emamverdi, a former art student of Tehran University accused of raping several students. Dozens of survivors have emerged in recent days and named him on social media, particularly on Twitter. Survivors say Emamverdi, who also owned a bookshop close to the university, lured them to …

Radiofarda – Iran’s Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli has expressed concern over possible low turnout in the country’s next presidential election. After Iranian officials announced the date on Sunday for the 2021 election, to be held on June 18, 2021, Fazli appeared on live TV Monday to cite the low turnout in February’s parliamentary election as cause for concern, with …

VOA – The president of the U.N. Security Council said Tuesday there is no consensus for restoring international sanctions on Iran in the 15-member council and that he would take no further action on a U.S. demand to re-impose them.   “It is clear for me that there is one member, which has a particular position on the issue, while there …