Will Iran’s next Oscar-winning film be in Spanish?
Al-monitor - Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi's latest project is a Spanish-language film set in rural Iberia and starring Spain's…
Month: December 2016
US allows more Iran exports, training Iranians
PayvandNews - The US Treasury Department has loosened exports of authorized medical devices as well as agricultural goods to Iran…
British woman held in Iran told she can keep two-year-old daughter in prison or lose custody
Telegraph - A British mother being held in an Iranian prison has been told she can either keep her two-year-old…
Why Iran celebrates ‘winning’ Aleppo
Al-Arabia - Earlier this week, Iran, Russia and Turkey met in Moscow in order to discuss Syria's nearly six-year war.…
Bishkek Supports Iran’s Full Membership In Shanghai Cooperation Organization
RFL/RE -- Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev says his country supports Iran's full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Atambaev…
Syria’s Assad Claims ‘Turning Point’ In War With Takeover Of Aleppo
RFL/RE - The Syrian Army said it has taken complete control of Aleppo after evacuating the last rebel fighters from…
Iran FM: Yes, I erred and I would hate to meet Kerry
Al-Arabia - Javad Karimi Kaddosi, the member of the National Security Committee in the Iranian parliament, revealed that the Iranian…
Iran: Prisoner Executed in Public
Iran Human Rights - A prisoner was executed in public in the city of Ilam (northwestern Iran) on the morning…
Rouhani Unveils Toothless Charter on Citizens’ Rights Without Path to Implementation
Iranhumanrights.org - Five months before his second term re-election bid, President Hassan Rouhani signed his government's "Charter on Citizens' Rights"…
Lebanese-American Internet Freedom Advocate Starts Hunger Strike in Iran’s Evin Prison
Iranhumanrights.org - Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese-born U.S. permanent resident and internet freedom advocate who was sentenced to 10 years in…