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Radiofarda – In what pro-Rouhani Entekhab news website described as a “rare event in several decades” Iran’s state TV suspended three live talk shows known for their criticism of the Rouhani administration’s policies. ‌‌Meanwhile, Mashreghnews, a website close to Iranian intelligence organs reported that these programs, namely Jahanara, Soraya and Asraneh, will resume broadcasting but will no longer be live. …

Al-Arabia – Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir called on the international community to continue its pressure on the Iranian regime to change its destructive behavior in the region, branding the Islamic Republic as “the largest sponsor of terrorism in the world.” During a session hosted by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament in …

Al-Arabia – Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on Wednesday that Saudi Arabia was open to talks with Tehran “but it is really up to Iran.”He also said, in an interview with Reuters at Davos, that Iran would have to accept it “cannot further its regional agenda through violence” as a condition for any talks. Prince Faisal …

Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Soheil Arabi has been transferred from Evin Prison to the Great Tehran Penitentiary, 20 miles southeast of Tehran. Iran’s Intelligence Ministry is deliberately trying to place him in a perilous condition after he, along with 10 inmates, condemned the Iranian regime for downing a Ukrainian passenger plane by missiles. Prison authorities told Soheil Arabi that he …

Iran-HRM – Tehran’s Chief of Police announced the arrest of a teenager in Tehran for tearing down an image of Qassem Soleimani the now-dead commander of the Quds Force. Quoted by the state run ISNA news agency Hossein Rahimi said on Wednesday, “A person who insulted the image of Qassem Soleimani a few days ago and kicked a poster of …