AlArabiya.net -Iranian MP Hussein Ali Haji Degana has revealed that at least 12 top officials holding dual citizenship have been arrested in Iran on spying charges. The MP added that among the 12 detained were officials who played key roles in the Iran nuclear deal signed last year. The MP demanded that the judiciary apparatus delivers its rulings with transparency, …

HRANA News Agency – Some of the political prisoners of Rajaei Shahr prison whose wives or other family members are also imprisoned, because of obligatory prison uniform and appearing with handcuffs and shackles, refused to have prisoner visits. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), 5 political prisoners of Rajaei Shahr prison of Karaj, refused to …

HRANA News Agency – Among detained supporters of Mohammad Ali Taheri in Tehran and Isfahan, at least 21 people are still kept in prison in Tehran (Fashafoyeh), Women’s Prison in Qarchak and Dastgerd prison in Isfahan. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), among those arrested at the rallies in support of Mohammad Ali Taheri in front …

Iranhumanrights.org – Ahead of high-level talks between Iran and the European on human rights, the Foreign Ministry in Tehran has declared certain topics, including the death penalty, off limits. The “red lines” were drawn shortly after a senior member of Iran’s Parliament said the Islamic Republic should accept legitimate criticisms on the issue. “We have told [the Europeans] that we …

Al-monitor – On the front page of the Nov. 17 edition of the Reformist Etemad newspaper, a headline in small type, tucked in a corner, read: “Americans in Kish [Island].” The report detailed how American companies are participating in Iran’s 8th International Air Show on Kish Island in the Persian Gulf, even as Iran tries to negotiate deals to buy jets from Airbus and Boeing. AUTHOR Changiz M. Varzi Etemad did not name …

Al-monitor – The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA) is showcasing a collection of works by Iranian and Arab modern artists in an exhibition titled “The Sea Suspended.” The exhibition, curated by the UAE-based Barjeel Art Foundation, opened Nov. 8 and will continue through Dec. 23. The show spans 50 years of works from the 1940s to the 1990s and features artists from around the …

PayvandNews – As we all know by now, withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal could be a very simple matter for the United States. It could come in three ways. First, a vote by Congress to reintroduce sanctions that were previously suspended or cancelled, if not waived or vetoed by the new president, would represent a sufficiently significant breach of …

RFL/RE – At first, it sounds like a charming love story: Playmates who grow up side by side in an Iranian village go on to get married. But when Leila was wedded to Ali, she was 10 years old. He was 15. “It was nighttime and I was asleep. My neighbors rang the doorbell and came in and put a …

PayvandNews – Iran says it expects to receive the first Airbus plane in a major deal that it has signed with the French aviation giant by the end of 2016. Javad Hashemi Tehrani, the managing director of Aviation Parts Holding Company of Iran, told the domestic media that the Airbus which is expected to be delivered to Iran will be …

RFL/RE – Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor who is said to be one of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s leading candidates to become secretary of state, has had past dealings with foreign leaders and groups from Serbia to Russia and Iran that could draw scrutiny if he is nominated. Giuliani criticized former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her ties …