Prominent Poet Charged With Spreading ‘Propaganda’ After Posting Photo of Beaten Colleague
Iranhumanrights.org - Well-known Iranian poet and filmmaker Baktash Abtin has been charged with "propaganda against the state" following his arrest…
Month: January 2017
Iranian soccer players face intensified crackdown
Al-monitor - Last month alone, two prominent Iranian soccer players found themselves summoned to the Ethics Committee of the Iranian…
Is Trump hoping for another Ahmadinejad in Tehran?
Al-monitor - As Iranian emergency workers were racing to remove the rubble of the collapsed Plasco high-rise in Tehran, Donald…
Iran to unveil herbal medicine “Melitropic” for treating Alzheimer’s
PayvandNews - Researchers at Iranian Institute of Medicinal Plants will unveil on Tuesday a type of herbal medicine 'Melitropic' that…
Iranian billionaire Babak Zanjani notified of his death sentence
PayvandNews - Oil billionaire Babak Zanjani has been notified of his death sentence, a court rule confirmed by Supreme Court…
Ukraine seizes Iran-bound plane ‘carrying missiles’
Al-Arabia - Ukraine has announced that it has seized an airplane destined for Iran loaded with arms at Kiev's Zhulyany…
Smoke Is Still Rising From Tehran’s Plasco Building Where Bodies Are Trapped
PayvandNews - Smoke Is Still Rising From Tehran's Plasco Building Where Bodies Are Trapped By Marjan Golpira, Tehran Times TEHRAN -…
Netanyahu Plans To Discuss ‘Cruel’ Iran With Trump ‘Soon’
RFL/RE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he plans to meet with newly installed U.S. President Donald Trump soon…
UK woman imprisoned in Iran has conviction upheld in appeals court
Guardian - A British-Iranian woman sentenced to five years in jail in Iran on unspecific charges relating to national security…
Turkey Says No Longer ‘Realistic’ To Exclude Assad From Syria Peace Deal
RFL/RE - Turkey's deputy prime minister said it is no longer "realistic" to insist on a solution to the Syrian…