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Radiofarda – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said President Donald Trump is willing to meet with the Islamic Republic President Hassan Rouhani “with no pre-condition”. In an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos Pompeo defended Trump’s decision to pull out of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and insisted that since that decision and the reimposition of U.S. sanctions …

Radiofarda – The acting head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Cornel Feruta met with Iranian officials including Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in Tehran today, Sunday September 8. Meanwhile Iran’s Security Chief Ali Shamkhani has reportedly called off his meeting with Feruta without an explanation. Both Salehi and Zarif mainly …

Radiofarda – Several members of the Iranian parliament have criticized Iran’s judicial authorities for the recent heavy prison terms handed out to labor and civil activists, as well as journalists. As Iran’s economic situation has worsened and the danger of popular protests have risen, the authorities have shown less tolerance for dissent. Besides heavy punishment of activists, they have also …

Radiofarda – An outspoken young cleric and his older politician brother who had mysteriously disappeared on Wednesday, September 7, in Iran have resurfaced on social media saying they were in hiding, fearing for their lives. The elder brother, Ruhollah Sadrosadati, is a member of the powerful all-clergy Assembly of Experts (AE), which is responsible for supervising the performance of the …

RFL/RE – Air strikes have hit positions of Iran-backed forces and allied militias in eastern Syria, killing 18 fighters, according to a group monitoring the war.The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on September 9 that the overnight raids carried out by unidentified warplanes took place in the region of Al-Bukamal near the Iraqi border.The Observatory said the strikes …