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Radiofarda – Manouchehr Bakhtiari, the father of a slain protester, who had gone to Kish Island in the Persian Gulf to campaign against a 25-year pact with China was arrested and transferred to Bandar Abbas prison from Kish, his brother said on Saturday. In a video message on social media Mehrdad Bakhtiari said the Intelligence Ministry told him Mr. Bakhtiari …

Radiofarda – A former advisor to Iran’s ex-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the Supreme Leader’s office has refused requests by Ahmadinejad to meet with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Abbas Amirifar a cleric who was Ahmadinejad’s cultural advisor in his second term told Sharq newspaper that “For three years Ahmadinejad knocks on every door and begs to get a chance to meet the …

Radiofarda – The Iranian government has for the first time reacted to the “Stop Executions in Iran” hashtag that has been used by more than 10 million Twitter users since Wednesday evening July 15. The hashtag was first used to stop the execution of three young men who were arrested during the November protests in Iran, but it gradually turned into a …

Radiofarda – Precisely three months from now, the international arms embargo on Iran will expire, a development that Washington strongly opposes and attempts to block through all available diplomatic means. While veto-wielding China and Russia have so far voiced their opposition to Washington’s approach toward the case, three European countries, Britain, France and Germany, struggle to find a compromise satisfying …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited the assassination site of slain commander Qassem Soleimani to pay his respects upon his arrival in Baghdad on Sunday, Iranian state media reported. Zarif will meet with a number of senior Iraqi officials during his Sunday visit to the Iraqi capital, including Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, President Barham Salih, and President of …