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Iran-HRM – Iran’s youth risking all for “better” life in the face of anguish

RFL/RE – Confusion has surfaced over French energy giant Total’s massive South Pars gas project in Iran after the official IRNA news agency reported that China’s state-owned petroleum corporation had been given a majority stake in the field.

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – On the night of Tuesday, August 8, 2018, Ministry of Intelligence agents along with black-clad prison guards wearing face masks and anti-riot gear raided hall 21 of section 7 of Karajs Rajai Shahr Prison (Alborz province). This section of the prison holds dozens of Sunni minority prisoners jailed for their religious and/or political activism.

PayvandNews – Reports from Iran indicate an “intense clash” between security forces and angry fans attending a football match in Tehran on Friday.  Reports from Tehran also say thousands of football fans at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium chanted anti-government slogans in the course of the clash which appeared to be not politically motivated in the first place.

Radiofarda – The Iranian currency started the new Iranian week on Saturday with another decline, trading above 10,500 rials to the dollar.