Can Rouhani reel in the IRGC’s financial empire?
Al-monitor - For months, Iran's hardliners have used the term "JCPOA" — the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action — to…
Month: September 2016
Khamenei says manipulating numbers on economy is ‘major sin’
Al-monitor - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Iranian officials against manipulating statistics when it comes to the economy.…
Rio 2016 Paralympics: Iran’s Sareh Javanmardi wins 2nd shooting gold medal
PayvandNews- Iranian female sports shooter Sareh Javanmardi has received a second gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio…
Rio 2016 Paralympics: Iranian athletes collect four more medals
PayvandNews - Iranian sportsmen have collected four medals, including two golds, at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro,…
Three Prisoners Hanged in Southern Iranian Prison
Iran Human Rights - Three prisoners were reportedly hanged at Shiraz's Adel Abad Prison on the morning of Tuesday September…
Translator in Prison for One Year Without Knowing Charges; Her Lawyer Denied Access to Case File
Iranhumanrights.org - Translator Marjan Davari has been held in Evin Prison’s Women’s Ward for almost a year without knowing the…
Hospitalized Christian Convert Ordered Back to Prison
Iranhumanrights.org - Imprisoned Christian convert Maryam (Nasim) Naghash Zargaran, who has been hospitalized since August 28, 2016 for heart problems, has…
Water pressure plummets in Tehran
Al-monitor — Iran has been threatened by a water crisis for years, a situation that is being worsened by the mismanagement…
Notorious former Tehran prosecutor issues public apology for prisoner killings
Radiozamaneh - Former Tehran Prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, accused of orchestrating the abuse and death of political detainees during the election…
Iran Pressed to Release Homa Hoodfar
Radiozamaneh - Canadian and Irish academic communities have taken further initiatives to speak out against the arrest of Homa Hoodfar,…