28 Jun, 2017 Conflict Between Rouhani and Iranian Revolutionary Guards Intensifies While the Iranian regime’s president, Hassan Rouhani, praised the Iranian revolutionary guards (IRGC) on June 26 and said: “We must thank the IRGC for building strategic weapons ...
28 Jun, 2017 Azeri Rights Activist Imprisoned Despite Posting Bail One Year Ago Siamak Mirzaei, an Azeri ethnic rights activist, started a hunger strike on June 25, 2017 in Tehran’s Evin Prison to convince judicial authorities to end his yearlong ...
28 Jun, 2017 Activist Arrested in Run-Up to Iran’s 2017 Election Post Bail Journalist Tahereh Riahi and civil rights activist Mona Moafi, both reformists, were released on bail on June 24, 2017 while prominent human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani was ...
27 Jun, 2017 Iran’s brightest young graduates are leaving their country behind Sporting earbuds and sagging backpacks, students lounge on patches of grass, shaded by trees from the harsh sun. They sit in the library, hunched over laptops, massaging ...
24 Jun, 2017 Civil Rights Activists Urge Iran’s Parliament to Ban Use of Deadly Force Against Border Couriers The killing, by border guards, of another kulbar—the Persian word for the border-crossing couriers who transport illegally imported goods into Iran—has prompted 250 Iranian civil rights activists ...
23 Jun, 2017 Photojournalist Arrested Without Charge in Iran Formerly imprisoned photojournalist Asal Esmailzadeh was “suddenly” arrested without charge while accompanying her husband to the Culture and Media Court in Tehran on June 19, 2017, Saeed ...
21 Jun, 2017 Total to Invest $1 Billion in Iran Venture France's Total SA said Tuesday it would push forward with a $1 billion investment this summer in a giant Iranian gas field, the first commitment by a ...
21 Jun, 2017 Iran, China Hold Joint Military Drills in Persian Gulf State sponsor of terror Iran and communist China began holding a joint military exercise in the Persian Gulf this week, where provocative clashes between the U.S. Navy ...
14 Jun, 2017 Religious leaders in Iran consider women on bicycles a threat to morality It’s a hot spring day in Tehran, and Negin, a 32-year-old IT manager, is riding her mountain bike through a park. “I love my bike. I often ...
13 Jun, 2017 Proposed ban on Zumba dance classes in Iran criticised A call made by a local sports federation to ban Zumba dance classes across Iran has angered many online ...
13 Jun, 2017 Iran says two warships heading to Oman Two Iranian warships will leave for Oman on Sunday, Iran's navy said, before starting their mission in the open seas ...