In June 2017, nearly two dozen Chinese, protected by a Pakistani security detail conducted surveys and took soil samples in areas west of the Pakistani port of Gwadar near the Iranian border, suggesting the possibility …
An Iranian reformist lawmaker says some 3,700 people were arrested in the days of protests and unrest that roiled Iran over the past two weeks. The official news website of the Iranian parliament, icana.ir, quoted …
The death of a young Iranian in custody for allegedly taking part in anti-establishment protests has heightened fears of brutal official reprisals against detained protesters and other perceived dissidents following the worst street demonstrations Iran …
Dozens of people rallied in Yonge-Dundas Square on Saturday in support of ongoing anti-government demonstrations in Iran, CBS reports. Carrying Iranian flags and chanting slogans calling for peaceful regime change, Iranian-Canadians and other supporters braved …
Thirty-two crew members, including 30 Iranians and two Bengalese, have gone missing after two vessels collided off China’s east coast on Saturday evening, China’s Ministry of Transport said Sunday as quoted by Tehran Times. The …
In a scheme that moved tens of billions in dollars and gold from Turkey to Iran through a complex network of businesses, banks, and front companies, Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla was found guilty of …
The staff and workers of the Iranian Oil & Gas field of Southern Pars refinery in the city of Asaluyeh, the capital of Asaluyeh County, in Bushehr Province Southern Iran, went on Strike, Iran Focus …
Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi and five other prominent Iranian human rights lawyers have called for the prosecution of state officials who have encouraged violence against protesters in the anti-government demonstrations in Iran. “We demand …
The Trump administration should encourage U.S. technology companies to provide communication services to Iranians as they protest their country’s rulers, said Reza Pahlavi, the last heir to the Iranian monarchy, Asharq Al-Awsat reports. In an …
The UN Security Council is planning an emergency meeting about Iran on Friday after the U.S. asked the world body to show support for Iran’s anti-government protesters, The Washington Post reports. With council members divided in …
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