June 14th marks the start of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. As football is the most popular sport in Iran, Iranian media has been discussing…
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Iranian IRGC creating more environmental disasters
There were hopes that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was going to ease up on its control over the Iranian economy …
Iran arrest leading female human rights lawyer
I last spoke with Nasrin Sotoudeh in February, when she was defending young women arrested during the so-called Girls of Revolution Street Protest…
Steelworkers arrested in Iran for demanding wages
More than 60 workers at the Iran National Steel Industrial Group (INSIG) in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, have been arrested for demanding their salaries…
Iran arrests supporters of anti-head scarf protests
Iranian authorities on Wednesday jailed a prominent human rights lawyer who has defended women who removed their mandatory Islamic head scarves in public…
Big human rights abuses in U.S. sanctioned Evin prison in Iran
The United States recently slapped Iranian groups and officials with several sanctions meant to punish human rights abuses.
Amnesty International calls on immediate release of human rights lawyer
Prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested at her home in Tehran on June 13, and transferred to the prosecutor’s office of Evin prison….
Iran officials ban Kurdish clothes and language in public places
Iran officials ban Kurdish clothes and language in public places…
Prominent attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh detained in Iran
While Iran’s economy desperately needs macro investments, the official figures show that even the 2015 nuclear deal …
Two weeks strike by Steel workers in Iran
Iran, June 13, 2018, the workers of the National Group of Ahvaz alloyed steel, started their sixteenth day of strike, in front of the city’s Governorate….
Indian chess player won’t wear headscarf in Iran
A female Indian chess player says she has decided not to not in an Asian championship being held in Iran next month because she could not comply with…
