The reformist faction in the Iranian parliament has protested against the “new restrictions” imposed on the country’s former president, Mohammad Khatami, calling them “explicit and obvious” violation of articles of the Constitution Asharq al-Awsat reports. Meanwhile, …
Iranian activist Mohammad Jarrahi has died from thyroid cancer that was left untreated while he was held as a political prisoner in Iran’s Tabriz Prison. “Judicial officials were negligent in preventing treatment for his thyroid …
Iranian-British national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, imprisoned in Iran since April 2016 on trumped up and unspecified national security charges, is now facing up to 16 more years in prison based on new charges brought by the arresting …
Iranians staged rally in front of the Norwegian Parliament condemning the executions carried out by the Iran regime. A number of Norwegian MPs participated in the rally and delivered speech. The speakers stressed on the …
Iranian court has suspended a Zoroastrian city counselor, highlighting an emerging battle over the rights of the country’s religious minorities to run for office, Radio Free Liberty reports. Sepanta Niknam, a member of the city …
Tehran will keep “all options on the table”, should U.S. President Donald Trump designate the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, Reuters reports. Trump is expected to announce his new strategy on Iran during …
A member of Iran’s nuclear negotiating team has been sentenced to five years for spying, news agency Tasnim said on Sunday, citing a spokesman for the judiciary. Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei named the convicted man as …
An imprisoned Iranian-British woman serving a five-year prison sentence in Iran now faces new charges and the possibility of her sentence being extended by 16 years, her husband said. According to Richard Ratcliffe, his wife Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe …
Iran’s commercial attaché in Russia said volume of exports to the Eurasian state grew by 36 percent in the first half of the year 2017, compared to same period last year, Mehr News Agency reports. …
First Vice President of Iran, Eshaq Jahangiri said that he “expected” his brother to be arrested, adding that now he hopes that “everyone will be treated equally in the quest for justice”, the Center for Human …
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