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Month: January 2017

Iran: Two Juvenile Prisoners Executed

Iran Human Rights -  Two juvenile offenders were executed in Kerman (southeastern Iran) and Tabriz (northwestern Iran) prisons. This is…

Iran’s Rohani: ‘Now Is Not The Time To Build Walls’

RFL/RE - Iran's President Hassan Rohani has criticized the anti- immigration policies of his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, saying now…

Trump Issues Sweeping Anti-Immigration Orders Barring Syrians, Muslims

RFL/RE - U.S. President Donald Trump has issued orders indefinitely barring Syrian refugees from the United States and temporarily suspending…

Why pension funds in Iran could face bankruptcy tsunami

Al-monitor — One of the key underlying economic challenges of Iran is the current underfunding of its pension system. Make…

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Arrests Mother of Green Movement Gunshot Victim

Iranhumanrights.org - Shahnaz Akmali, the mother of a well-known victim of the Islamic Republic's violent crackdown on the Green Movement, which grew out…

PHOTOS: Fajr International Festival of Visual Arts at Tehran Museum

PayvandNews - The 9th edition of the Fajr International Festival of Visual Arts opened at Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art on Sunday.…

Europe Will Fight to Safeguard the Iran Deal

PayvandNews - There is growing uncertainty around the fate of the nuclear deal with Iran and, more broadly, intentions of…

Iran starts sending own oil tankers to Europe

PayvandNews - Reports say Iran has sent at least two supertankers to Europe in what appears to be the country's…

Britain’s Johnson Suggests Rethink Of Demand That Syria’s Assad Step Down

RFL/RE - Britain's top diplomat says the West may have to rethink its long-standing demand that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad…

Netanyahu Says Iran’s Leaders Greatest Threat To Jewish State

RFL/RE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he hopes the election of U.S. President Donald Trump will end…