Month: December 2016

Iran Summons British Ambassador Over May’s Comments

RFL/RE - The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the British ambassador in Tehran because of recent comments by British Prime Minister…

PayvandNews - Iranian-American scientist Dr. Cumrun Vafa is the recipient of the 2017 Breakthrough Prize In Fundamental Physics. Dr. Vafa…

VOA - Tensions between neighbors Turkey and Iran are on the rise, with the countries jostling for influence in war-torn…

Iranhumanrights.org - A state crackdown on social media ahead of Iran's 2017 presidential election has resulted in the Cyber Police…

Radiozmaneh - Special Operations Department of Turkish Police in Ankara have arrested Iranian ex-political prisoner and Asylum seeker Peyman Aref…

Radiozmaneh - Twenty four Iranian Baha'is who had been sentenced to heavy sentences ranging from 6 to 11 years for…

Radiozamaneh - Nourshafarin Dastouri who was accompanying the Berlinale film festival representative in and Iranian trip has been summoned to…

Al-monitor - During the lead-up to the 2013 Iranian presidential election, the earliest signs of Hassan Rouhani's initially unanticipated victory…

RFL/RE - Iranian President Hassan Rohani says cooperation among the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is key to…

Iranhumanrights.org - Iran's Brain Drain Spreads to Fashion Sector as Professionals Emigrate to Escape Raids and Arrests In the latest…