Iranian top brass meet to discuss response to US sanctions
Al-monitor - After a week of heavy pressure on the administration of moderate President Hassan Rouhani and senior members of…
Month: December 2016
Britain Pledges To Help Gulf Countries Counter Iran’s ‘Aggressive Actions’
RFL/RE - British Prime Minister Theresa May says she hopes to deepen defense cooperation with Persian Gulf countries to "push…
Iranian Basij Official Says 50 Student Volunteers Killed Fighting In Syria
RFL/RE - The press agency for Iran's hard-line conservative volunteer militia, the Basij, has quoted a senior official as saying…
Saudi Court Sentences 15 To Death For Spying For Iran
RFL/RE - A Saudi court has sentenced 15 people to death for spying for the kingdom's archrival Iran, in a…
Iran’s Proxy Activities Probed on Capitol Hill
VOA - Iran's destabilizing actions across the Middle East constitute a security threat that rivals that of Tehran's nuclear ambitions,…
Iran: Further Information: Gravely ill Iranian musician returned to prison
Amnesty - Iranian musician Mehdi Rajabian was forced to return to Tehran's Evin Prison on 4 December. He had been…
Anti-Riot Forces Violently Attack Peacefully Protesting Tehran Bus Union Members
Iranhumanrights.org - Members of one of Iran's oldest unions who were peacefully demanding their past due housing allowances and other…
Can Iran moderates hold ground against US pressure?
Al-monitor — The US House of Representatives voted to extend the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) on Nov. 15, and the…
Prominent Iranian Lawyer, Writers Arrested With “Overwhelming Force” at Chain Murders Commemoration
Iranhumanrights.org - Police and plainclothes security agents arrested a prominent human rights lawyer and several members of the Writers Association…
Report: Iran Jails 12 Working In Fashion Industry
RFL/RE - An Iranian court has sentenced 12 people working in the fashion industry to jail for posting images on…