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Radiofarda – As the anniversary of events leading up to the fall of Iran’s monarchy in 1979 starts, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has tweeted a message in Persian saying, “40 years of failure – It didn’t need to be this way”.

Radiofarda – One day after Germany France and the UK launched INSTEX (Instrument In Support Of Trade Exchanges) to help reduce the impact of sanctions on Iran there are still speculations about the measures’ effectiveness, with some saying INTEX simply has symbolic significance.

Radiofarda – One day after calling U.S. intelligence chiefs “naive”, President Donald Trump accused the Democrats of being “weak and passive with Iran”.

RFL/RE – Iran is marking the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that toppled the shah, ending 2,500 years of monarchical rule.

RFL/RE — The Republican-led U.S. Senate approved a mainly symbolic bill opposing plans to withdraw troops from Syria and Afghanistan in a rare rebuke of President Donald Trump.