Did Rouhani stop screening of hardline film about jailed Iranian-American?
Al-monitor - Ever since taking office, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has come under increasing pressure from hard-liners who have been…
Month: October 2016
U.S. House To Vote On Extending Iran Sanctions Law After Elections: Report
PayvandNews - The Reuters news agency is reporting that Republican leaders of the U.S. House plan to vote after the…
Maymand, an exemplar man-made cave dwelling
PayvandNews - Thousands of years before Persepolis - the magnificent Achaemenid ceremonial capital - was made in southern Iran in…
Iran’s Rohani Says Turkish Intervention In Iraq ‘Very Dangerous’
RFL/RE - Iranian President Hassan Rohani says Turkey must get permission from the Iraqi government to take part in the…
Iran’s new challenge: The Islamic State in Persia?
Al-monitor - When Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi announced on June 29, 2014, his self-styled caliphate, its borders…
Four Prisoners Executed in Iran
Iran Human Rights - Two prisoners with drug related charges were reportedly hanged at Salmas Prison (West Azerbaijan province, northwestern…
Five Prisoners Executed on Drug Charges
Iran Human Rights - Iranian authorities hang five prisoners early Tuesday morning for alleged drug related offenses, but Iranian official sources…
Three Prisoners Executed in Southern Iran
Iran Human Rights - Three prisoners were executed in southern Iran on Monday October 24. Three prisoners were reportedly hanged in…
Iran’s Judiciary Should Release Siamak and Baquer Namazi and Allow Them Full Defense in Appeals Court
Iranhumanrights.org —The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran calls on Iran's Judiciary to immediately release on bail the unjustly…