ifmat - Hezbollah pushes Lebanon toward Iranian domination

Hezbollah pushes Lebanon toward Iranian domination

The Islamic Republic of Iran established Hezbollah in Lebanon in the early 1980s, funded it, and equipped it with advanced weapons. In the process, it transformed the country’s Shiite community, which was once insignificant and oppressed, into ...
ifmat - Iran Christians defy crackdowns

Iran’s Christians defy crackdowns

The Islamic Republic of Iran is the ninth least hospitable country for Christian religious minorities, according to the advocacy organisation Open Doors. Technically, Christianity is one of three non-Muslim faiths that are formally tolerated under the theocratic ...
ifmat - 52nd Day of Haft Tappeh Strike in Iran

52nd Day of Haft Tappeh Strike in Iran

Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company workers entered the 52nd day of their strike on Wednesday with a rally outside the governor’s office in Shush, where they once again declared their demands and refused to return to work until ...
ifmat - How Iran protester was tortured to make confessions

How Iran protester was tortured to make confessions

New information from inside Iran indicates that Iranian protester Mostafa Salehi who was hanged on August 5, 2020, in Isfahan had been subjected to vicious tortures to confess the killing on an IRGV member.