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Radiofarda – As the presidential tweets ricochet from one world hot spot to another, a Trump Doctrine has emerged: Claim matchless strength, suffer no slight and counter-punch harder than you are hit — at least verbally. President Donald Trump’s searing ALL CAPS response to a relatively routine Iran provocation is the latest example of Trump’s refusal to show weakness, continuing …

Iran-HRM -A death row inmate in Dizelabad Prison of Kermanshah was executed on Wednesday, July 18, 2018, while he was given just a few hours notice before he is hanged, and relatives are not notified until the prisoner is already dead. Identified as Saleh Khanizadeh, 65, who spend 10 years on death row, was found guilty of murder. His family …

RFL/RE – Iran will respond with equal countermeasures if the United States moves to block its oil exports, the Foreign Ministry says. “If America wants to take a serious step in this direction it will definitely be met with a reaction and equal countermeasures from Iran,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi was quoted as saying by the government news agency …

RFL/RE – Russia has offered to keep pro-Iranian forces in Syria about 100 kilometers from the border with Israel as part of an agreement with the United States and Israel to help guarantee Israel’s security, media are reporting.

Iran Human Rights –  On Friday, July 20, five prisoners were executed at Dizel Abad Prison in Kermansh Iran Human Rights sources identified one of the prisoners as Alireza Ashouri, 57. The names of the four other prisoners will be announced as soon as they are confirmed by IHR. According to Iran Human Rights annual report on the death penalty, …