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Month: March 2017

To Veil or Not to Veil — That is a Complex Question

PayvandNews - Ann Linde, Swedish Minister for EU Affairs and Trade tweeted: I'm proud of my delegation to Iran, which…

Americans can now open bank accounts in Iran

PayvandNews - Iran says it has been informed by Washington that US nationals can have bank accounts in the Islamic…

Pentagon Blasts Iranian Navy For Harassing U.S. Ships In Persian Gulf

RFL/RE - The Pentagon has blasted what it called the "unsafe and unprofessional" behavior of the Iranian navy after two…

Official admits 2,100 Iran fighters killed in Iraq, Syria

Al-Arabia - More than 2,000 fighters sent from Iran have been killed in Iraq and Syria, the head of Iran's…

Trump, Netanyahu Discuss Iran, Anti-Semitism in Call

VOA - U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a long telephone conversation Monday about strategic…

Revolutionary Guards Seeking “Revenge” by Blocking Political Prisoner’s Hospitalization

Iranhumarights.org - Iran's Revolutionary Guards are preventing the hospitalization of political prisoner Arash Sadeghi, who needs urgent medical treatment for…

Iranian Catholic Converts Arrested in Northwestern Iran

Iranhumanrights.org - Two Iranian Catholic converts have been arrested in their home by the Revolutionary Guards in West Azerbaijan Province,…

What’s stopping Rouhani from reaching out to Trump?

Al-monitor - With the prospect of confrontation, headlines in Iran are once again focusing on relations with the United States.…

Intrigue surrounds arrest, release of Iranian dissident cleric’s son

Al-Monior - Hojat al-Islam Ahmad Montazeri, son of late Iranian dissident cleric Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri, was released March 4 from…

Revised executive order bans travelers from six Muslim-majority countries from getting new visas

Washington Post - President Trump signed a new travel ban Monday that administration officials said they hope will end legal…