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Radiofarda – An outspoken member of Iran’s parliament says the list of 98 children of the country’s elite who received “illegal scholarships” was sent to judicial officials. Mahmoud Sadeghi told parliament’s news website that he collected the names of 98 children of influential politicians and officials who received scholarships through “corrupt” methods to study abroad. The issue of scholarships to …

Radiofarda – The Rouhani administration’s spokesman Ali Rabiei says the administration has revised the regulations for the privatization of government companies, official news agency IRNA reported on Tuesday October 22. Problematic privatization has led to frequent cases of labor unrest in Iran in recent years, some of which are still going on here and there and are often suppressed by the police. …

Radiofarda – Iran’s state-run TV aired Tuesday night the “confessions” of a young girl internationally dubbed as “zombie Angelina Joli.” Security forces arrested Fatemeh KH, known as Sahar Tabar, on October 5.The video of her confession was aired despite the fact that the young star on Instagram has not yet gone on trial. According to the Iranian Channel Two, Sahar …

HRANA – On October 20, 2019, the mayor of Kut-e Abdollah, Navab Hajian Saeidi, confirmed the arrest of 13 city workers. He claimed that the arrestees were encouraging other city workers to cease work to put the municipality under pressure so the contractor filed a lawsuit against them. The mayor added that the workers’ unpaid wages of August was paid …

HRANA – On October 21, 2019, three Baha’i citizens were arrested in Shiraz while their houses and several other Baha’i houses were searched and their personal belongings such as laptops, cell phones, and computers were confiscated. Farzan Masoumi, Kiana Shoaei, and Soroush Abadi were arrested by the Intelligence Department officers and were transferred to an undisclosed location. The identities of …