Updated: Telegram’s Efforts to Increase Download Speed in Iran Raises Questions
CHRI - Placement of Telegram CDNs in Iran Requires Increased Transparency June 27, 2017—In light of the decision by the…
Month: July 2017
Without reforms, Iranian banking crisis looms
AL-monitor - In Iran, concerns are growing that banks may be facing the same fate as credit and financial institutions (CFIs),…
Iranian MPs request to visit imprisoned opposition leader
Al-monitor - After reports that opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi became ill and needed medical care, four Iranian parliamentarians requested to visit…
Iranian karatekas wins five medals in 2017 World Games
PayvandNews - Iranian karate practitioners have exhibited great punching, knee strikes as well as open-hand techniques at the 2017 World Games in…
Second Iranian Opposition Leader In Poor Health, Family Says
RFL/RE - A second Iranian opposition figure who is under house arrest has fallen ill, Iranian news agencies report, citing family…
U.S. Congress Reaches Deal Clearing Way For Russian Sanctions Bill
RFL/RE - Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress late on July 26 said they had reached an agreement clearing the way…
Iranian physicists grab 5 medals at IPhO 2017
PayvandNews - Young Iranian physicists have won two gold and three silver medals in the 48th round of International Physics Olympiad…
Is Sectarian Strife Brewing in Azerbaijan?
lobelog - At the beginning of July, two members of the Azerbaijani parliament, Qudrat Hassanguliyev and Fazil Gezenferoglu, launched a verbal attack…
HIJAB OR NOT: IRAN TV HOST, UNVEILED AND BEER-DRINKING, CRITICIZED AS ‘HYPOCRITE’ AFTER LEAKED IMAGES APPEAR ONLINE
Newsweek - A video compiling the images has received almost 90,000 views since it was published on Monday. (more…)
Trump Blames Iran, Hizballah For ‘Humanitarian Catastrophe’ In Syria
RFL/RE - U.S. President Donald Trump attacked Iran and the Hizballah militia that it backs in Syria and Lebanon, blaming them…