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Major general Mohammad Baqeri Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps military commander, 2018.

November 08, 1397

Iran’s Generals Warn Of New ‘Offensive Approach’

Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati (C) 91, and Judiciary chief Sadeq Larijani (R) visit Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after his prostate operation at a hospital in Tehran, 08Sep2014. File photo

November 07, 1397

Influential Ayatollah Says No One Designated To Succeed Khamenei

An influential ayatollah in Iran says no one has been singled out to succeed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the position of supreme leader.

Sepideh Qolian (R) and Esmail Bakhshi, who have been arrested again for complaining against their torture in prison.

November 07, 1397

Hundreds Of Activists Demand Release Of Bakhshi And Qolian

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) meets with Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov in Tehran, January 12, 2015

November 07, 1397

Russia, Iran Not Allies in Syria, Says Senior Russian Diplomat

Days after sustained Israeli attacks against Iranian targets in Syria, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has said Russia and Iran are not allies in Syria.

Fire at a school in Zahedan in Southeast of Iran killed three children on Tuesday December 18, 2018.

November 07, 1397

No Standard Heating For 136,000 Classrooms - Deputy Minister

Tehran's Friday Prayer Leaser Kazem Seddiqi. File photo

November 06, 1397

Friday Prayer Imams In Iran Attack Rouhani On Financial Reforms Demanded By The West

Iran Judiciary chief Sadegh Larijani who newly appointed as the head of Expediency Discernment Council (C), chairing a session of the council since his presidency, on January 19, 2019.

November 06, 1397

Iran Council Again Fails To Approve Financial Reforms Demanded By The West

Iranian environmental activists who have been jailed (from top-left clockwise): Sam Rajabi, Houman Jowkar, Niloufar Bayani, Morad Tahbaz, Morteza Arianejad, Taher Ghadirian, Amir Hossein Khaleghi, and Sepideh Kashani.

November 06, 1397

Tehran Prosecutor Again Promises Trial Of Eight Ecologists To Be Held 'Soon'

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif arrives for a meeting of the foreign ministers from Britain, France and Germany and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, at the Europa building in Brussels, Tuesday, May 15, 2018. File photo

November 06, 1397

EXCLUSIVE: EU Expected To Register SPV But Warn Iran On Regional Role, Missiles

Informed sources at the European Union have told Radio Farda that EU will register its Special Purpose Vehicle on Monday January 28 to facilitate international trade between Iran and its foreign trade partners.

A display featuring missiles and a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seen at Baharestan Square in Tehran, Iran September 27, 2017. File photo

November 06, 1397

Iran Dismisses French Warning About Its Missile Program

Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the head of the Guards’ aerospace force. File photo

November 05, 1397

Senior IRGC Commander Unleashes Harsh Attack On Rouhani

A senior IRGC commander has criticized President Hassan Rouhani and his top managers for "preventing the country's progress."

Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi (L) in Qom and Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani, Iranian influential theologian and writer, undated.

November 05, 1397

Rouhani's Comments On Hijab, Censorship Draw Ire Of Ayatollahs

President Hassan Rouhani is under fire from two Grand Ayatollahs angered by his recent comments on Iran’s policies of compulsory hijab and Internet filtering.

Esmail Bakhshi, a representative on Haft Tapeh Factory workers (R), and civil activist Sepideh Qolian, undated.

November 05, 1397

Iran Labor Union, HRW Condemn State TV Showing Forced Confessions

Iranian state-TV has aired a “documentary,” aiming to discredit the labor rights movement in which activists say they were forced to confess to being part of an international Marxist cabal.

The general view of Vakilabad prison in the city of Mashhad, undated. File photo

November 05, 1397

American Navy Vet Held In Iran Has A 'Private Plaintiff'

Iran’s Mehr news agency quoted a judicial official that an American citizen detained in the northeastern city of Mashhad is being sued by a private plaintiff.