24 Nov, 2021 Iran must come clean on the Ukraine airline strike On January 8, 2020, two Iranian missiles struck Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 just minutes after its departure from Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport. It claimed the ...
24 Aug, 2021 Khamenei attempts to exploit Afghan crisis to gain advantage in JCPOA talks The fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban and the turmoil that has shocked the world over has given the Iranian regime an opportunity to use it to ...
23 Aug, 2021 Iran reports increase in child marriages Iranian officials have reported an increase in the overall number of child marriages last year compared to 2019.
19 Aug, 2021 Rights watchdog says mismanagement is undermining Iran’s COVID response Human Rights Watch (HRW) is urging Iranian authorities to redouble efforts to respond effectively to the COVID-19 pandemic, saying their prohibition on the import of U.S. and ...
04 Aug, 2021 Tanker seized by suspected Iran-backed forces in Arabian Sea Nour News, affiliated with Iran's top national security body, quoted a senior navy official as saying "the movement of commercial vessels is quite normal and no official ...
30 Jul, 2021 Rights watchdog urges Iran to release those detained during protests Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Iranian authorities to "immediately and unconditionally" release those detained during protests against water shortages and economic hardships in Khuzestan and ...
23 Jul, 2021 Iran deadly response to water protests Iranian authorities appear to have used excessive force against demonstrators in southwestern Iran protesting lack of access to water, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should ...
16 Jul, 2021 While the Ayatollahs hold power no journalist is safe On Wednesday, July 14, the U.S. Justice Department charged four Iranians for an abduction plot against Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad. Alireza Shavaroghi Farahani, also known as Vezerat ...
14 Jul, 2021 Economic ways ahead Iran’s government Iran’s economy is worrying. The government’s severe budget deficit, heavy current government spending, rising unemployment, impending droughts, sanctions, and dozens of other problems have made Iran’s economic ...
09 Jul, 2021 Bahah’is say Iran must be held accountable for increased hate speech The Baha’i International Community in a statement Thursday has expressed concern over intensification of official “hate speech” in recent months against the religious minority in Iran.
08 Jul, 2021 Will Iran’s new president be held accountable Much literature has speculated on what his posture will be toward the Biden administration, how he will address Iran’s sagging economy and whether he will succeed Ayatollah ...