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Radiofarda – The arbitrary detention of U.S. and other foreign nationals in Iran was discussed at a U.S. Senate Human Rights Caucus panel on December 3 attended by Democratic Senator Chris Coons and Republican Senator Thom Tillis as well as the family members of American and British citizens who remain detained in Iran. The discussion which featured remarks by both …

Radiofarda – Intelligence gathered by the United States during November points to a potential threat from Iran to U.S. forces and American interests in the Middle East, CNN’s Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr has reported. One unnamed U.S. official told CNN that there has been “consistent intelligence in the last several weeks”, which has caught the attention of officials. The information gathered by …

Radiofarda – Iran’s official government news website IRNA says that an attacker took a police officer’s gun from him and killed him today in a town in the oil-rich Khuzestan province. A gunman wounded on the ground after shooting a policeman in the city of Shadehgan, Iran. December 3, 2019 The report says the attacker, in one of the main …

Radiofarda – Iranian officials pride themselves in concealing the death toll and extent of arrests made during and after the recent protests from the “enemy”. Although the authorities have so far provided only piecemeal information, the remarks made by two officials on Tuesday about the arrests in the capital and its nearby towns and townships reveals the extent of the …

Radiofarda – Iran Supreme Leader has recently called for restructuring the Basij paramilitary force as a more mobile, omnipresent militia similar to the Islamic Revolution Committees of the 1980s. This is clearly a response to November’s widespread protests and shows the Iranian establishment perceiving a more serious threat. In an address to Basij members on the occasion of “Basij Week” on November …