Behind the Headlines

In tonight’s Behind the Headlines, broadcast at 9.30pm Tehran time;

A review of the today’s debates in Iran’s Majles (Parliament) about the nominees of Hassan Rouhani’s cabinet;

Abdullah Sameri, the MP for the city of Khoramshahr calls Mohammad Javad Zarif a “liar” and dismisses his statistics as “fake”, plus other interesting stories.

Our guests tonight to discuss these issues in the first part of the program are Mr Bijan Khalili, the Director of Ketab Corp. in Los Angeles, and Mr Hassan Etemadi, the General Secretary of the Secular Democratic Part of Iran in Stockholm.

In the second part of the program we will listen to the views of Mr Mohammad Bagher (Meghdad), a member of Pen Council, about the reasons behind the arrest of the outspoken civil rights activist Mahdi Khazali.

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