The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged authorities in Iran to lift the suspension of the reformist weekly magazine Seda and stop harassing critical media outlets
Month: May 2019
Parisa Rafiei speaks out against pressures put on political prisoners
Student activist Parisa Rafiei published an open letter, condemning the recent arrests of labor activists and pressures exerted on female political prisoners and prisoners of conscience
Prominent political prisoner in Iran finally taken to hospital
A prominent Iranian physicist and human rights activists, Nargess Mohammadi, who is a political prisoner, has been taken from prison to hospital to undergo surgery
Tehran will drop nuclear deal if its case is referred to UN
If E.U. countries take Iran’s nuclear case back to the U.N. Security Council, Tehran will withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or its nuclear deal with world powers, the spokesman of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) has warned
U.S. does not seek war with Iran says Mike Pompeo
Speaking in Russia, Mr Pompeo said the US was looking for Iran to behave like a “normal country” but would respond if its interests were attacked
Iranians hold protests in Tehran and other cities
On Thursday creditors who have lost their savings to the Revolutionary Guards-affiliated Caspian Credit Institution gathered outside Iran Central Bank in Tehran demanding that those responsible for their stolen savings be brought to justice
Iran regime claims credit for UAE and Saudi ship attack
Two editors of Iranian news outlets say Iran is claiming responsibility for the attacks on four ships anchored off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, according to MEMRI, an international media monitoring organization
Iran regime says it is ready to confront the U.S.
The head of the Iranian navy, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, has said that his country is “ready for all possibilities including a confrontation with the US.” He called on US forces in the Persian Gulf region to leave
Prosecutor of Isfahan in Iran banned women on bicycles
The prosecutor of Isfahan in Iran has banned women’s cycling in public by pronouncing it “a prohibited act” which will entail punishment based on the “Islamic Penal Code
Report to congress on Iran’s nuclear program
Iran’s nuclear program began during the 1950s. The United States has expressed concern since the mid-1970s that Tehran might develop nuclear weapons. Iran’s construction of gas centrifuge uranium enrichment facilities is currently the main source of proliferation concern
Iran-backed Houthis take responsibility for drone attack on Saudi pipeline
An oil pipeline that runs across Saudi Arabia was hit by drones Tuesday west of its capital of Riyadh, the Saudi energy minister said, shortly after rebels in Yemen claimed they carried out coordinated drone strikes against the kingdom
