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PayvandNews – An Iranian team from University of Science and Technology has gained a citation award at The 2019 International Architecture at Zero competition in the US.  Students of ‘the School of Architecture and Environmental Design’ of the Iranian university claimed third place by winning the Citation Award along with three other teams from the US and one from Poland (see …

Radiofarda – Two political prisoners in Tehran have said that they are still being denied access to medical treatment despite claims by Iranian authorities, according to the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC). Narges Mohammadi and Iranian-British Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who are being held at Tehran’s Evin Prison, have warned that if their demands are not met they will stage a …

RadioThe outspoken Deputy Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Ali Motahari has called on Iran’s new Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raeesi to “stop some wrong practices” in the judicial system. In a letter, Motahari, representing Tehran, has put forward five requests including one that calls on Raeesi (Raeisi) to stop limiting the number of defense lawyers political prisoners can choose from. Motahari …

Radiofarda – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said his resignation last month was not related to Bashar Assad’s trip to Tehran at the end of February. Zarif abruptly announced he was resigning on February 25, immediately after Syrian strongman Bashar Assad visited Tehran and met with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani. Zarif was not present …

Radiofarda – A former ally and now a vocal opponent of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been sentenced to three years in jail and ordered to read and copy three books. Abolfazl Qadyani (Ghadyani) who was a staunch revolutionary in the 1970’s and 80’s has become a critic of Khamenei calling him to step down and rejecting the concept …