Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has rejected a request by his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump for face-to-face talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly conference in New York last month, a senior Iranian analyst …
As the Iranian government insisted that it protects religious minority rights before the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, two Iranian officials appeared on state television to defend the decision of a court to suspend a …
Despite a ruling against the initial ruling for political prisoner Emadodin Mullazehi by the Sistan and Baluchistan Provincial Court of Appeals, ordering his release, the interrogators of the Ministry of Intelligence refuse to release the …
A court in Iran has sentenced the mother of a protester killed in a government crackdown in 2009 to a year in prison after convicting her on charges that include spreading “propaganda against the establishment,” …
These are challenging times for North Africa’s Muslim governments. Even as Daesh is ousted from its strongholds in Iraq and Syria, the extremist group is continuing its battle against authorities in countries like Morocco, Algeria …
On Thursday, the Washington Post reported that Iranian security forces had barred former President Mohammad Khatami from leaving his home the previous day. Lately, a substantial number of reports have pointed to the escalating restrictions on …
An Iranian-born Afghan prisoner, arrested at the age of 16, wrote a letter to expose the brutal tortures that were imposed on him in an Iranian prison. Amir Nourzehi was arrested in 2014 on the charges …
Iranian authorities arrested two female students for driving a motorcycle in public after their pictures had been published online yesterday. According to IRNA News, the commander of the law enforcement of Dezful (southwest of Iran) …
Many people in Iran have received a mysterious text message on their phone, warning them not to participate in any gathering on October 29 at Pasargadae, the resting place of the founder of the first …
Reformist MPs and Iranian university students have come out strongly against President Hassan Rouhani’s nominee to head the Science Ministry, Mansour Gholami, claiming he supports conservative policies and had previously collaborated with security agencies, the …
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