The real reason Boeing, Airbus deals with Iran matter
Al-monitor - Soon after the US Treasury Department granted licenses to Boeing and Airbus to sell passenger planes to Iran,…
Month: October 2016
Iran’s Supreme Leader Urges Authorities Not To Back Down Against US
PayvandNews - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called on Iranian authorities not to back down…
Britain’s Vodafone Enters Iranian Phone Market
PayvandNews - Vodafone has agreed a partnership with an Iranian Internet firm, becoming the latest Western company to enter Iran…
How Syria is pushing Egypt and Iran closer
Al-monitor — Once again, Egypt and Iran appear to be heading toward rapprochement, with increasingly converging views on Syria bringing…
14 Prisoners Executed on Drug Charges at Ghezel Hesar Prison
Iran Human Rights - 14 prisoners were reportedly executed today on drug charges at Karaj's Ghezel Hesar Prison (Alborz province,…
Two Labor Rights Activist Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Peaceful Activism
Iranhumanrights.org - Labor rights activists Jafar Azimzadeh and Shapour Ehsani-Rad were sentenced to 11 years in prison each for their…
A political prisoner is challenging Iranian state impunity while serving a 15 year sentence
Radiozamaneh - Maryam Akbari Monfared is a political prisoner in Iran serving a 15 year sentence and is now taking…
Letter From Political Prisoners: Prison conditions in Iran cause slow death of prisoners
PayvandNews - In a letter addressed to Asma Jahangir, the Special Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council on Iran,…
Iran Sentences Iranian-American, Elderly Father to 10 Years in Prison
VOA - An Iranian-American businessman and his 80-year-old father have each been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran…
Why Iran’s banking shake-up won’t be enough
Al-monitor — On July 24, Valiollah Seif, the governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), unveiled the Central Bank…