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Al-Monitor – Iran has unveiled two new missiles, state media reported Thursday, the same day Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to the United Nations to start the process of restoring international sanctions on Iran.  The missiles, which were revealed on state television on Iran’s National Defense Industry Day, included one named after the country’s slain commander, Qasem Soleimani. Soleimani, who …

Shabtabnews – In a statement The International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) condemned the recent summoning, and detention of Ms. Mehraveh Khandan the daughter of Ms. Nasrin Sotoudeh. The statement also drew attention to the Iranian regimes systematic methods of putting extra pressure on prisoners of conscience like “the blocking of Ms. Narges Mohammadi’s telephone contact with her children …

Shabtabnews – In a webinar on 19th August 2020, various human rights groups discussed the history of the Islamic Republic’s #Iran waged a war on religious minorities. This webinar’s focus was the forty year systemic persecution of the Iranian regime that has resulted in the death, disenfranchisement, and devastation all on the basis of religion. The panellist in this gathering …

Radiofarda – Ahead of his planned U.N. visit on Thursday to trigger the mechanism for re-introduction of all U.N. sanctions on Iran, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threatened Iran’s allies Russia and China with sanctions if they refuse to endorse the U.S. move. When on Wednesday asked by Fox News if the United States would target Russia and China …

Radiofarda – The head of a wealthy, state-sponsored charity in Iran has apologized Wednesday for his controversial and revealing remarks earlier naming officials who received real estate holdings by orders of the Supreme Leader. The revelations by Parviz Fattah, appointed by Khamenei as head of the Mostazafan (oppressed) Foundation led to widespread public outcry about the inherently corrupt practice of …