Iranians protested and many businesses closed up shop for a second day on December 29 as the country's currency reached a record low on foreign exchange markets. The country is dealing with severe inflation as well as an energy crisis, conditions that are taking a heavy toll on ordinary people.
Protests in Iran over a plummeting currency and inflation fears continued for a second day in the capital, despite attempts by security forces to disperse crowds with volleys of tear gas.
This edition of the Farda Briefing looks at how Israel is shifting its focus to Iran’s missile program as the most pressing existential threat and whether that’s a prelude to another war.
A new documentary about the acclaimed Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti, detailing her outspoken support for the “Women, Life, Freedom” protests, has ignited a powerful reaction across Persian-language social media.
Ikramuddin Saree, a former police commander in Afghanistan's Takhar and Baghlan provinces under the pre-Taliban republic, was shot dead on the evening of December 24 outside his office in Tehran.
A large group of influential women from around the world as well as UN experts have issued separate statements urging Iran to immediately release Zahra Shahbaz Tabari, a 67-year-old electrical engineer facing imminent execution.
Israel is shifting its focus from Iran’s nuclear program to its missile capabilities ahead of Netanyahu’s talks with Trump. Iranian media see this as a pretext for a new war, while analysts say the push reflects effort to extract new concessions from a weakened Tehran.
This edition of the Farda Briefing looks at the significance of a criminal complaint filed against Iran in Argentina for its brutal crackdown on the 2022 protests.
China has rattled Tehran by again backing the United Arab Emirates’s claim over three Persian Gulf islands controlled by Iran.
Sweden has confirmed that one of its citizens is in Iranian custody after Tehran announced a Swedish national is on trial for allegedly spying for Israel.
Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi says she was violently beaten and arrested by security forces in Iran's northeastern city of Mashhad and later accused of “cooperation with the State of Israel,” the Nobel Peace Prize laureate's first comments since she was detained last week.
Iranian judicial authorities have seized a foreign oil tanker and detained its 18 crew members in the Sea of Oman.
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