English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-15 August 2025-No27   Masoud Pezeshkian, in his latest speech to opponents of talks with the US, said: “Well, what do you want to do, fight? Fine, we fight, but if it happens again, we fix it again, and again they hit us. Someone says don’t negotiate — fine, but what do we do instead? These are not issues to approach emotionally.” He stressed that he would take no action without his leader’s …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-15 August 2025-No27   Over a hundred humanitarian organizations, including Oxfam and Doctors Without Borders, have signed a joint letter urging Israel to “stop weaponizing the ban on aid entry,” warning that “famine in the region is worsening.” According to this letter, most major international NGOs have not been able to deliver even a single truck of vital, life-saving supplies to Gaza since March 2—six months ago. A troubled and sorrowful conscience might …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-15 August 2025-No27   Fatemeh Mohajerani, spokesperson for the Pezeshkian administration, said at a press conference on Tuesday, 12 August: “When the main ingredient of bread, namely flour, becomes more expensive, and the wages and insurance costs for bakery workers increase, it is only natural that bread will become more expensive.” The Islamic Republic sees itself as the master and the Iranian people as its serfs. The serf labours on the landlord’s fields …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-15 August 2025-No27   On 12 August 2025, the Financial Times reported that France, Germany and the UK had sent a formal letter to the UN Security Council and the Secretary-General warning that if the Islamic Republic did not return to negotiations, they would activate the snapback mechanism. The snapback mechanism, part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), allows permanent members of the UN Security Council to reimpose previous UN sanctions …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-15 August 2025-No27   According to the Hengaw human rights organisation, in July 2025, at least 14 women were murdered in cities across Iran, most at the hands of relatives, including their husbands. The data shows that three women were killed by their husbands, two by former husbands, two by brothers-in-law, three by brothers, two by boyfriends, and one by an uncle. The killer of one victim has yet to be identified. According …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-15 August 2025-No27   State media, citing Saeed Montazer-al-Mahdi, spokesperson for the Islamic Republic’s police, reported that 21,000 people were arrested during the 12-day war with Israel. It is obvious that official figures are always shaped by the regime’s political needs and are almost never wholly reliable. Previously, the head of the judiciary had spoken of more than 2,000 arrests related to the war. Whether either number is true is a question for …

نشریه ژورنال شماره ۱۱۱۳– فایل پی دی اف – ویژه تلفن همراه دفتر جامعهٔ جهانی بهائی طی اطلاعیه‌ای اعلام کرده است که مقامات اصفهان اموال بیش از ۲۰ شهروند بهائی را در این استان صرفاً به دلیل اعتقاداتشان مصادره کرده و تنها با ارسال «یک پیامک و خارج از چارچوب‌های قانونی» آن‌ها را از این توقیف و مصادره‌ها مطلع کرده‌اند. بر اساس اطلاعیه‌ای که این دفتر روز پنجشنبه ۲۳ مرداد منتشر کرد، دامنهٔ این مصادره‌ها، مزارع، خانه‌ها، خودروها و حساب‌های بانکی را در برمی‌گیرد. …

نشریه ژورنال شماره ۱۱۱۳– فایل پی دی اف – ویژه تلفن همراه در پی آلودگی بی‌پیشینه آلاینده ازن در ژنو، مسئولان این شهر برای نخستین‌بار در سوئیس، حمل‌ونقل عمومی را موقتاً رایگان اعلام کردند. این تصمیم به هدف جلوگیری از گسترش آلودگی هوا و تشویق شهروندان به استفاده از حمل‌ونقل عمومی گرفته شده است. دفتر محیط زیست سوئیس اعلام کرده که «اقدامات انجام شده تحت یک پروتکل اضطراری با هدف کاهش انتشار اکسید نیتروژن، به ویژه با ترویج حمل‌ونقل عمومی …

نشریه ژورنال شماره ۱۱۱۳– فایل پی دی اف – ویژه تلفن همراه علی لاریجانی روز چهارشنبه ۲۲ مرداد به لبنان سفر کرد تا سیاست جمهوری اسلامی را در مورد مسائل داخلی لبنان، مورد بحث و بررسی با مقامات دولت لبنان قرار دهد و همچنین یک بار دیگر حمایت جمهوری اسلامی از حزب الله لبنان را اعلام کند. نعیم قاسم، دبیرکل حزب‌الله لبنان روز پنجشنبه ۲۳ مرداد یعنی در فردای دیدار با علی لاریجانی با صدور بیانیه‌ای از سفر لاریجانی به لبنان به …