An emboldened Azerbaijan, backed by Turkey, has changed the balance of power in the South Caucasus in recent years. Baku reclaimed full control over Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway region that for three decades had
Authorities in Iran's Kish Island have banned 42 Instagram accounts with a collective following over two million in the latest crackdown on social media, branding the accounts “norm breakers”. The recent move
Iran has signed $13 billion in deals with domestic service companies with intentions to add 350,000 B/D of new oil production from six major fields over the next 12 months, as Chinese demand continues to drive
If it wasn’t such a serious matter, one could call Iran the comeback kid. In the fall of 2022, when protests quickly spread across the country after the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, many observers predicted—and
Your Excellency, We, the undersigned Iranian and international human rights organizations, call on your country to support the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the situation
South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor, stirred controversy on Tuesday by challenging the characterization of Iran as an authoritarian regime. Speaking at an event hosted
Iran faces a confluence of economic woes: widespread poverty, skyrocketing prices (particularly for food), business recessions, high unemployment, and dwindling purchasing power. These factors have bred a new kind
In February 2024, the United Kingdom, in cooperation with the United States, imposed sanctions on some units of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) due to their links with the Houthis, the Yemeni terrorist
Sara Hossain, the head of the United Nations' independent fact-finding mission on Iran's 2022 protests, said the Islamic Republic's authorities had utilized artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor protesters on
Iran’s violent repression of peaceful protests and widespread, systematic violations of human rights could, in many cases, amount to crimes against humanity, according to a U.N. fact-finding mission. The three-member
Iran is renewing its threats against tankers and retaliation for actions by the United States to “interfere” with the transportation of Iranian oil. The latest statements came in response to the U.S.’s move
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