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September 01, 2020
FIFA Threatens Iranian Soccer with Suspension Due To Multiple Charter Violations

FIFA, the international governing body of soccer, has demanded an explanation for Iranian judicial authorities' prosecution of the country’s football federation board.
September 01, 2020
Online Calls To Protest More Than Doubled In One Year, Iran Security Official Says

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Hossein Zolfaqari, the Security Deputy of Iran's Interior Ministry, said that “social tensions” in the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year have increased by 227 percent compared to the same period last year.
August 31, 2020
Newspaper Close To Khamenei Office Criticizes Officials Who Do Not Retire After 80

A hardliner Iranian newspaper linked to the office of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is criticizing Iranian politicians of advanced age who insist on holding official positions past the age of 80.
August 31, 2020
Iran Political Prisoners Warn Authorities About COVID Breakout In Prison

In an open letter, sixty political prisoners warned on Sunday about a COVID-19 breakout in several wards of Fashafuyeh Prison of Tehran.
August 31, 2020
Iran Students To Start School Except In 'Red Zones' Next Week Amid COVID Fears

In a press conference, Haji-Mirzai also pointed out that only 35 percent of schools have enough space to observe social distancing and hold regular classes.
August 31, 2020
Honor-Killing Victim's Mother Says Islamic Punishment Of Father Not Adequate

Ebrahim Nikdel-Moqadam, the lawyer representing the mother of a 13-year-old girl beheaded by her father, says the sentence that the criminal received on the basis of the Islamic Penal Code is not proportional to the "extremely violent crime" that he committed.
August 31, 2020
Verdicts Against Signatories Of "77 Statement" Condemned

Many political and civil activists are condemning the prison sentences of signatories to an anti-Islamic Republic government letter widely known as the "77 Statement."
August 31, 2020
After 2017 Peak Iran Carpet Exports Drop Sharply

According to the latest official data, Iranian hand-woven carpets exports fell from $426 million in 2017 to $238 million in 2018, and experienced another drop last year, ending with approximately $69 million.
August 30, 2020
Iranians Deserve Freedom Not Bullets, State Department Says

In response to a tweet by Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei accusing the United States government of "murdering" young American protesters, State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said on Saturday that Iranians deserve "freedom and a future, not the Basij's bullets.”
August 30, 2020
Hezbollah Under Pressure Says Will Support Reformist Government

The Lebanese Hezbollah has vowed to support a new government and reforms, saying it is also open to proposals by France.
August 30, 2020
Iran Court Passes Double Death Sentence On Protester In Shiraz

Iranian human rights activists have reported that a court in Shiraz has sentenced a protester to two Death sentences on charges that have not been officially explained.
August 29, 2020
American PEN Calls For Immediate Release Of Iran Rights Defender

American PEN association has called for the immediate release of rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh and other political prisoners in Iran.
August 29, 2020
Iran Security Forces Disperse Gathering To Mark 32nd Anniversary Of Mass Executions

Families of prisoners massacred in Iranian prisons in 1988 went to a graveyard to mark the 32nd anniversary of the tragedy on August 28.
August 29, 2020
Iran Accuses Pompeo Of Living In An 'Imaginary World'

In a series of tweets, the Islamic Republic foreign ministry officials have dismissed the U.S. Secretary of State's Mike Pompeo's remarks about returning the international sanctions on Iran.
August 28, 2020
UAE Officially Apologized To Iran For Killing Fishermen, Chief Of Border Police Says

The chief of Iran's Border Police, Brigadier-General Ahmad-Ali Goudarzi, said the United Arab Emirates has officially apologized to Iran for killing two fishermen in the Persian Gulf.
August 28, 2020
Iranian Father's Light Sentence For Honor Killing Rekindles Controversy Over Islamic Penal Code

The sentencing of a father for beheading his fourteen -year-old daughter with a sickle while she was asleep for eloping with a much older man in May has rekindled conversations about the Islamic Penal Code on social media.
August 28, 2020
Families Of Victims Of Ukrainian Plane Crash Urge Those With Evidence To Come Forth

The Association of the Families of the Victims of Flight P752 issued a video message on Friday urging anyone who has information or evidence about the downing of the plane to come forward.
August 28, 2020
Four Men Indicted By US Attorneys For Conspiring To Sell Iranian Oil To China

The United States Has Indicted Four citizens for conspiring to sell sanctioned Iranian oil to China and launder the proceeds. Heavy sentences awaited in case of conviction.
August 28, 2020
Foreign Minister Of Saudi Arabia, Iran's Chief Rival, Visits Iraq To Expand Ties

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister visited Iraq in a bid to expand ties and prevent Iranian influence in the Arab country.
August 28, 2020
Pompeo Says UN Sanctions Against Iran Will Return On September 20

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reiterated Thursday, August 27, that the United Nations sanctions against the Islamic Republic will return on September 20.

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