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Radiofarda – Tehran’s outspoken MP, Ali Motahari, has lambasted the chief commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) for recent comments on the possibility of Tehran-Washington rapprochement.

Radiofarda – Friday Prayer leaders in Tehran and other cities have expressed their opposition to negotiating with the United States, a topic that has stirred controversy in Iran since U.S.President Donald Trump said last week that he was prepared to talk with his Iranian counterpart, President Hassan Rouhani, “without any preconditions” to solve problems in their relations.

Radiofarda – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has rejected President Hassan Rouhani’s proposal to release the leaders of the Green Movement from house arrest, a website close to one of the detainees, Saham News, reported on August 2.

Al-Arabia – Iran protesters have attacked a religious school in Karaj province near Tehran, the conservative Fars news agency reported on Saturday.

RFL/RE – Hundreds of protesters returned to the streets of several Iranian cities on August 3, according to social media posts, amid growing anxiety over the country’s economic difficulties.