At least one prisoner was executed in the Central Ardebil Prison, on Monday, September 18, 2017. The identity of the prisoner, who was convicted of having an illegitimate relationship, was 24-year-old, Shahin Parsajoo. During the …
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani took the stage on Wednesday and proceeded to deliver a lengthy speech almost entirely devoted to blasting U.S. President Donald Trump. Without actually naming Trump, Rouhani said that yesterday, words were …
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he and Iran’s Foreign Minister “didn’t throw shoes at one another” at their first meeting, but he added that it isn’t clear whether they will be able to agree …
With the start of the new Iranian academic year, a raft of restrictions on courses open to Baha’i female students has been introduced, raising questions about the rights of women to education in Iran – …
Talks over United States foreign policy vis-à-vis Iran are continuing as we speak. A variety of sanctions have been imposed against Iran for its conglomerate of belligerence. Tehran’s pursuit of ballistic missiles, controversial nuclear program, support …
Six Kurdish artists and activists are being detained in Dizelabad Prison in Iran’s Kermanshah Province for protesting the latest killing by Iranian border guards of “kulbars,” the Persian word for border-crossing couriers, sources say. Poet and artistic …
Washington continues to have “significant issues” with the Iran nuclear deal, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said after his first talks with his Iranian counterpart. Tillerson underscored that the talks were “very matter …
Cybersecurity company FireEye has identified what it says is a hacking group sponsored by the Iranian government that has targeted organizations in the U.S., the Middle East and Asia. The firm that gathers cyber intelligence and …
In an op-ed published by The New York Times, authors argue about the benefits and downsides of the Iran nuclear agreement, as well as ways to handle the situation. According to columnists, the nuclear deal achieved the …
The commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Qassim Soleimani, threatened the Kurds with an attack by the Popular Mobilization militias if they did not stop the referendum in the Kurdistan region …
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