HUNGER-STRIKING ACTIVIST IN POOR HEALTH IN EVIN
Amnesty - Iranian prisoner of conscience Ali Shariati is in poor health in Evin Prison, 67 days into an ongoing…
Month: January 2017
Conservative Tehran MP to Judiciary: Review Case of Political Prisoner on Hunger Strike
Radiozamaneh - Wave of Hunger Strikes Highlights Prisoners' Plights Conservative member of Parliament Ali Motahari has publicly asked the Judiciary…
Nobel Laureate’s Call for Resignation of Iran’s Judiciary Chief Puts Spotlight on Rampant Judicial Abuses
Iranhumanrights.org —The call for the resignation of Iran's top judicial official, Sadegh Larijani, by the prominent Iranian human rights lawyer and Nobel…
Deciphering Iran’s sudden currency fluctuations
Al-monitor - Recent fluctuations in the free market rate of the Iranian rial have caused concerns within the country's business community that…
Rohani Corruption Spat Could Herald Rough-And-Tumble Iranian Presidential Campaign
RFL/RE - President Hassan Rohani has traded barbs with hard-line officials from Iran's judiciary in a highly public spat in…
Footprints of Prehistoric Industry around Persian Gulf
PayvandNews - Objects unearthed in the historical site of Tom Maroon, in Hormuzgan Province on the Persian Gulf, indicate that…
Earthquake Kills Afghan Laborers In Iran
RFL/RE - Iranian media has reported that a magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit a village in the country's south, killing four…
Iran’s First Female Judge and Nobel Laureate Calls for Resignation of Judiciary Chief
Shirin Ebadi: Interrogators Make Decisions for the Judges Amid the ongoing wave of life-threatening hunger strikes by political prisoners in…
Should Iran worry about Putin throwing it under the bus?
Al-monitor - US President-elect Donald Trump's foreign policy approach remains a big question mark. With his nomination of a secretary…
Iran hard-liners ask judiciary to detain president’s brother
Al-monitor - A group of Iranian members of parliament has asked for the younger brother of moderate President Hassan Rouhani…