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Radiofarda – A former political prisoner and a reformist politician has suggested to combine the positions of Supreme Leader and the president of the Islamic republic into one executive power, elected by the people and subject to term limits. Mostafa Tajzadeh in a video released on Twitter March 22, proposed the idea as a response to some Iranian conservatives who …

Radiofarda – Iran’s vice president has fired the governor of a northern province gripped by a massive flood, for being on a foreign trip and not returning to manage the disaster emergency. ains have battered Iran’s northern provinces of Golestan and Mazandaran, leaving homes flooded and others without power. Es’haq Jahangiri, Hassan Rouhani’s vice president made the move as the …

Radiofarda – The price of onions has increased fourfold in a matter of weeks in Iran, reaching to almost one U.S. dollar per kilo (based on free market exchange rates). Onion is an important part of the food basket for working class Iranians, who earn around $100-130 a month. The price for more expensive foods, such as meat is ten …

Radiofarda – The Islamic Republic’s Foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has implicitly dismissed a recent comment made by his American counterpart, Mike Pompeo, as “Iranophobia” and a “distortion” of Torah, Iran’s official news agency, IRNA, reported on Saturday, March 23. Earlier in an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network, CBN, Pompeo had said it is possible that perhaps God has …

Radiofarda – The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has extended the mandate of its special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran for another year. During a session on March 22, the representatives of 22 governments voted for and seven (Afghanistan, China, Cuba, Eritrea, India, Iraq, and Pakistan) voted against a resolution for the extension of Javaid Rehman’s …