British-Iranian Woman Gets Five Years In Prison After Secret Trial In Tehran
RFL/RE - A British-Iranian woman detained for months in Iran on suspicion of planning the "soft toppling" of the government…
Month: September 2016
UN: Iran Adhering To Terms Of Nuclear Deal
RFL/RE - The United Nations nuclear agency says Iran has adhered to the nuclear deal it agreed with six world…
Montazeri Comes Back To Haunt Tehran Over Mass Killings
RFL/RE - Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, once in line to become Iran's supreme leader, has come back from the…
Head of Iranian Judiciary’s Human Rights Council Defends Wave of Executions
Iranhumanrights.org - In less than a month, between August 2 and August 27, 2016, at least 37 prisoners were executed…
How the cash payments story played out in Iran
Al-monitor - Recent revelations that the Barack Obama administration paid Iran $1.7 billion in cash just as four American-Iranians were…
Does Iranian law green light encounters with US warships?
Al-monitor — Tensions appear to be mounting again in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen in a video released by…
The conservation of Darugheh House in the city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran was among the 13 winning projects of UNESCO 2016 Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.
PayvandNews - The conservation of Darugheh House in the city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran was among the 13 winning…
Iran Urges Muslims To ‘Punish’ Saudis Over 2,400 Hajj Deaths In 2015
RFL/RE - Iran's president has called on the Muslim world to "punish" Saudi Arabia for a stampede during the hajj…
100 Prominent Iranians Ask UN to Declare 1988 Massacre “Crime Against Humanity”
Iranhumanrights.org - In a letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council and the International Criminal Court, one hundred Iranians…
Acid victim accuses producer of the film “Lanturi” of plagiarism
PayvandNews - Amaneh Bahrami, an Iranian woman who was disfigured in an acid attack by a man she refused to marry,…