Iranian authorities have arrested administrators of more than 20 groups on messaging app Telegram, citing the spread of “immoral content” as the reason. This is the latest detention in a clampdown on freedom of expression …
In the most recent assault on religious freedom in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the regime targeted Baha’is in Tehran, Isfahan and Mashhad yesterday. Just as Iranian Intelligence agents were carrying out arrests in Mashhad, …
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has slowed the implementation of the July 14 nuclear agreement, otherwise known as the JCPOA. The most glaring example of this “bait and switch” routine is evidenced by Iran’s work stoppage …
Prominent Iranian journalist Issa Saharkhiz was arrested by the IRGC on charges of “propaganda against the state” and “insulting the Supreme leader“. His arrest follows an uptick of journalist arrests that began last week, with …
October 26, 2015: Commander of Iran’s Army Ground Force General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan declared on Sunday that Israel would face Iran’s long-range missiles “in the case of any anti-Iran move” by the country. On September …
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei is trying to alarm followers with claims that they are being manipulated subversively by what he calls “the arrogant system’s pre-planned, extensive and all-out soft war …
October 12, 2015: In a meeting on Monday with top Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) leaders and supervisory board members, Ayatollah Khamenei lectured his audience on the vital role that the media plays in the combatting the “planned, …
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