Supporters Of Iran’s President Rohani Launch Huge Twitter Storm Backing Him After Hardline Mob Forces Him to Flee Rall
CHRI - Tens of thousands of President Hassan Rouhani's supporters took to social media to express their outrage after he…
Month: June 2017
Angry Mob Force Iran’s President Rouhani to Flee Rally in Tehran
CHRI - A few weeks after being elected for a second term as president, Hassan Rouhani had to be whisked…
Qatar Shuns ‘Unreasonable’ Saudi-Led Demands To Cut Ties With Iran, Shut Al-Jazeera
RFL/RE - Qatar on June 24 labelled as "unreasonable" demands made by four Arab states to shutter the Al-Jazeera network,…
Iran Arrests 50 Suspected Of Links To ‘Terrorist’ Groups
RFL/RE - Iranian authorities have arrested at least 50 people suspected of links to "terrorist" groups in a Western province,…
Iran Holds Annual Anti-Israel Rallies, Chant Against Saudi Leaders
RFL/RE - Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Tehran and other Iranian cities to take…
Arab States Boycotting Qatar Demand It Cut Ties With Iran, Shutter Al-Jazeera
RFL/RE - Four Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia have issued a list of demands for ending their boycott of…
Iranian Nobel Laureate Blasts Khamenei’s “Fire at Will” Policy Against Domestic Opponents
CHRI - Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's recent declaration that security forces should "fire at will" against presumed enemies of the…
Photojournalist Who Worked for Rouhani’s Presidential Campaign Arrested Without Charge
CHRI - Husband Pressured to Confess to Espionage Formerly imprisoned photojournalist Asal Esmailzadeh was "suddenly" arrested without charge while accompanying…
Prominent Civil Rights Activists Urge Iran’s Parliament to Ban Use of Deadly Force Against Border Couriers
CHRI - The killing, by border guards, of another kulbar—the Persian word for the border-crossing couriers who transport illegally imported goods…
The reason Tehran is against referendum on Iraqi Kurdistan
Al-monitor - Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani on June 7 announced an agreement among Iraqi Kurdish groups to hold a…