Iranian police have seized thousands of fake visas for the annual Arbaeen commemoration in Iraq, which sees millions of Shia pilgrims descent on Najaf, Al-Araby reports. Iran has seized 100,000 fake visas for Iraq just one month …
Although it had been expected for months, U.S. President Donald Trump’s unveiling of his new strategy on Iran seems to have taken the ruling elite in Tehran by surprise, intensifying the power struggle within it, Asharq Al-Awsat …
Another Iranian convert to Christianity has been arrested in the city of Dezful, southwest of the country, an Iranian Christian rights advocate group has confirmed in an interview with Radio Farda. “Security agents detained Mohammad …
A member of Iran’s capital city council has disclosed that salaries paid by Tehran’s municipality are two times more than the number of its registered staff, Radio Farda reports. “According to the statistics, while Tehran municipality’s …
Iran has conducted a cyberattack on UK parliament during the summer and inflicted damage to some 9,000 email accounts, Politico reports. The accounts that were hacked include those of the Prime Minister Theresa May as …
President Hassan Rouhani’s surprising support for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has triggered negative responses on social media, Radio Farda reports. On October 11, Rouhani described the IRGC as “beloved” by the people of …
Iran’s judiciary and Intelligence Ministry are quarreling over nuclear espionage within the Islamic Republic and the dispute between the two factions has been sparked by the judiciary’s sentencing of Abdolrasoul Dorri Esfahani, a member of the …
Iran’s intelligence minister defended a nuclear negotiator imprisoned on spying charges on Wednesday, in a rare implied criticism of the judiciary. Mahmoud Alavi dismissed charges against Canadian-Iranian, Abdolrasoul Dorri Esfahani, who was given a five-year prison …
Iranian activists condemned the executions committed the Iranian regime by holding a demonstration and rally in front of the Swedish parliament in Stockholm on October 10, the International Day against the Death Penalty, in the …
An award-winning Iranian director accused by authorities in his homeland of anti-regime propaganda could face up to six yeas in jail, his film distribution company said Tuesday as quoted by Al Arabiya. Mohammad Rasoulof, who was …
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