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Month: July 2017

Report: Iran Guard kills 3 terrorists, wounds 4 in north

Washington Post— Iran's official IRNA news agency is reporting that elite Revolutionary Guard forces have killed three terrorists and wounded four…

Tehran Protests Kuwait Move To Expel Iranian Diplomats Over Alleged Terror Cell

RFL/RE - Iran threatened to reciprocate after Kuwait on July 20 expelled most of its diplomats, saying Kuwait's accusations that Tehran…

11 Christian Converts Issued Long Prison Sentences in Iran in Less Than Two Months in Sham Trials

CHRI - Judge Mashallah Ahmadzadeh on Sentencing Spree Since June 2017 The Iranian authorities must immediately halt the disturbing trend of…

UNESCO 2030 Educational Guidelines Scrapped by Iran Include Essential Protective Measures Against Child Abuse

CHRI - Religious conservatives in Iran began opposing the Rouhani government's plan to implement the UNESCO agenda 2030 guidelines into the…

Iranians pushing boundaries in ‘private sphere’ debate

AL-monitor - Every now and then, Iranian media outlets are full of news and analysis about the boundaries between the "private"…

New Tehran mayor likely to be Rouhani ally

Al-monitor - The Tehran mayorship is a controversial position. Over the past 12 years, mayors have sought to run for the presidency — a…

Iran nuclear deal outcome of collective global cooperation: EU Foreign Policy Chief

PayvandNews - The EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, says the "strong" nuclear deal struck in 2015 between Iran and the…

Iranian Lawmakers Aim To Scrap Discriminatory Citizenship Law

RFL/RE - The status of the daughter of the late Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani has inspired an Iranian lawmaker to propose…

Iranian, European universities ink MoU on higher education cooperation

PayvandNews - Twenty Iranian and 22 European universities have signed an agreement to continue cooperation in the area of higher education,…

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard begins recruitment for war against Iraqi Kurdistan

AL-Arabia - An Iranian Kurdish journalist reported in an interview with Al Arabiya that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces in Iran’s…