Iranian Azeri Rights Activist on Trial for Advocating Mother Language
Iranhumanrights.org - Abbas Lesani, an Azeri ethnic rights activist, is being tried for advocating for state recognition of his mother…
Month: April 2017
Iran’s Presidential Elections: Has Hassan Rouhani Met His Match?
PayvandNews - Until only a few weeks ago, Iran's hardliners lacked a candidate of any stature in Iran's forthcoming presidential…
Iran’s Incumbent President Registers To Run In May Elections
RFL/RE - Iran's incumbent president has registered to run in next month's national election, a vote that is shaping up…
US sanctions Iran military chief’s brother over prison abuses
Al-Arabia - The United States on Thursday added the brother of Iran’s most high-profile military chief Qassem Soleimani to its sanctions…
Iran: Man Hanged in Public
Iran Human Rights - A prisoner who was sentenced to death on six counts of murder charges was hanged in public…
Legacy of Hassan Rouhani’s first presidential period: Dialogue with the West and more death penalty in Iran
IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS - The 9th annual report of the organization Iran Human Rights (IHR) on the death penalty in Iran shows that…
Social Media Emerges as Major Battlefront in Iran’s May 2017 Elections
Iranhumanrights.org - A month before Iranians head to the polls for the presidential and council elections, a heated exchange between…
Iranian government confronts Telegram as election approaches
Al-monitor - In the aftermath of the 2009 post-presidential election protests in Iran, social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter…
How Iran-Israel conflict has played out beyond political realm
Al-monitor - An interview given by Asghar Farhadi to an Israeli journalist has become the subject of new controversy in…
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard: How Revolutionary?
PayvandNews - Ayatollah Khomeini once declared that if it weren't for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), there would be…