The head of Iran’s Information and Communications Technology Ministry has promised to try to lift the state ban on Twitter, which state officials have been using for years while denying access by ordinary citizens in …
Iran is facing a wave of protests by customers of several bankrupt credit institutions who have lost their savings. Angry protesters gather in front of government buildings almost on daily basis demanding action against what …
Iran has rejected Bahrain’s allegation linking Tehran to an oil pipeline fire near the Bahraini capital of Manama, Tehran Times reports. On Friday night, an explosion at an oil pipeline, belonging to the state-run Bahrain …
Three young Iranians who complained to state officials after being denied university education for being followers of the Baha’i faith have been sentenced to five years in prison each, the Center for Human Rights in …
Iranian state television has used UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson’s recent comments about Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to discredit her, reiterate claims that she is a spy and justify her continued imprisonment, Iran Wire reports. The five-minute news …
A movie about a young girl whose fantasy world helps her escape the hard realities of growing up in the countryside near Tehran in the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution is Iran’s first-ever submission …
Dutch media and Sky News Arabic have reported that an Arab-Iranian political activist was gunned down in front of his residence on Wednesday in The Hague by unknown assailants. The victim, Ahmad Maula Abu Nahd, also …
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have arrested at least 30 dual nationals during the past two years, mostly on spying charges, according to lawyers, diplomats and relatives, twice as many as earlier reported by local or international …
Saudi Arabia should strengthen ties with Iran rather than befriend Israel and maintain an alliance with the United States, according to regime’s president, Washington Examiner reports. “You are mistaken if you think Iran is not …
In a Twitter tirade against Saudi Arabia, Zarif points to the recent visit to Riyadh by Trump son-in-law, accuses kingdom of ‘regional bullying, destabilizing behavior,’ Times of Israel reports. Iran’s foreign minister hinted Monday that U.S. President …
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