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Month: December 2016

Iranians sneak into Britain with forged passports

Al-Arabia - Organized gangs were able to smuggle hundreds of Iranians to the British territory recently using fake passports, Greek…

Four prisoners with drug charges in imminent danger of execution

Iran Human Rights -At least four prisoners on death row for alleged drug related offenses are in imminent danger of…

Iran: Further information: Teacher union activist must be released: Esmail Abdi

Amnesty - Iranian teacher union activist Esmail Abdi, the Secretary General of the Iranian Teachers' Trade Association (ITTA), was arrested…

Fighting in Aleppo makes headlines in Tehran

Al-monitor -The Syrian army operation to retake the last opposition-controlled eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo received full coverage by Iranian media in recent…

PHOTOS: Shahzadeh Garden, A Jewel In The Desert

PayvandNews - The historical Shazdeh (Prince) Garden is located in the Kerman desert near Mahan.  The Garden is a fine example of…

Iran Sanctions Cost U.S. Economy up to $272 Billion: Report

PayvandNews  - U.S. sanctions on Iran have carried a significant cost to the U.S. economy, a new report published by…

Iran’s supreme leader dubs Iraq’s PMU as ‘national treasure’

Al-Arabia - Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Sunday praised the mainly Shiite government-sanctioned Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) as…

Iran Signs Oil Deal With Gazprom Neft

RFL/RE - Iran has signed a preliminary agreement with state-controlled Russian energy giant Gazprom Neft to develop two oil fields.…

Iran: Joint NGO letter in support of 2016 UNGA resolution on human rights in Iran

Amnesty - In this open letter, human rights and civil society organizations urge UN Member States to vote in favour…

Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi: Rouhani Directly Responsible for All Intelligence Ministry Abuses

Iranhumanrights.org - In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Iranian Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi held…