Rescue teams finally managed to find the black box of the ATR72 plane, which crashed on February 18 in Yasouj, southwestern Iran, killing all people on board, Tehran Times reports. The twin-engine turboprop plane, operated …
The General Secretary of International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called upon the Islamic Republic’s authorities to drop “all charges” against Iranian journalist, Reyhaneh Tabatabaei. Ms. Tabatabaei has been behind bars since January 12, 2016. …
Fresh protests could flare up again across Iran, as reports of “widespread discontent” and “deep mistrust” continue to sweep across the country. According to research conducted by Iran’s Network for Public Policy Studies (NPPS) into …
Hundreds of Iranian steelworkers continued their protest gathering in front of the local governor’s office in Ahvaz in southern Iran on Wednesday, February 28. On the same day a frustrated sugar cane plant worker took …
An Iran-based hacking group that in the past has conducted domestic surveillance is turning its gaze outward across the Middle East, according to a new report from Symantec, CNBC reports. The cybersecurity firm said last …
A warning by Iranian police that women could be jailed for up to a decade for joining protests against compulsory veiling has put dozens at immediate risk of unjust imprisonment and represents an alarming escalation …
New Zealand Minister for Women maintained that men from the Iranian delegation who didn’t want to shake hands with a female MP had no intention of showing disrespect toward her, News Hub reports. Labour MP Jo …
U.S. media have been reporting that the United States might lean toward canceling the sale of Boeing and Airbus planes to Iran as it is involved in supporting terrorism and Assad regime in Syria and …
Iranian director Ebrahim Hatamikia’s “Damascus Time” is the first major Iranian film about the country’s presence in Syria. Ever since its first screening at Iran’s Fajr International Film Festival in February, the film has caused …
Oil that reached islands in southern Japan earlier this month is highly likely to have come from the sunken Iranian tanker Sanchi, the Japan Coast Guard said on Thursday, Reuters reports. Samples of oily matter …
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