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Month: August 2017

Iran Dismisses U.S. Call For UN Access To Its Military Sites As ‘Dream’

RFL/RE - Iranian President Hassan Rohani has rejected a U.S. demand that UN nuclear inspectors visit Tehran's military bases, while other…

Arash Shoa Sharq Sentenced to Lashes

HRANA News Agency – Arash Shoa Sharq, 24-year-old journalist, has been sentenced to lashes and imprisonment by Branch 107 of the…

A Lawyer Arrested on Charge of Insulting the Supreme Leader

HRANA News Agency – Danial Estakhr, a lawyer in Shiraz city, was arrested and sent to prison on charge on insulting…

Families Dismayed Over Lack of Attention to Hunger Strikers in Iranian Prisons

CHRI - The parents of two political prisoners on hunger strike have expressed concern about their condition and treatment inside Rajaee…

In Letter to Judge, Iranian-American Demands Freedom for Himself and Wife

CHRI - Art Gallery Owners Karan Vafadari and Afarin Nayssari Held on Baseless Charges More Than One Year Without Trial Detained…

Namazis Lose Appeal Against 10-Year Prison Sentence

CHRI - Iranian-American Businessman and His 81-Year-Old Father Remain Held on Unspecified Charges after Sham Prosecution That Lacked Due Process. Iranian-American…

New chapter in Iran-Turkey ties could have major impact on Syria

Al-Monitor - For more than six years, the regional rivalry between Iran and Turkey and their support of different sides of…

Iranian FM who opposed US embassy takeover dies

Al-Monitor - Ebrahim Yazdi, foreign minister in Iran's interim government after the 1979 Islamic Revolution who later became an opposition figure, died of cancer…

High-Frequency Chip Brings Iranian-American Researchers One Step Closer to Next Generation Technology

PayvandNews - A novel, high-frequency electronic chip potentially capable of transmitting tens of gigabits of data per second - a rate that…

Iran’s Kish Airline to buy Boeing, Airbus planes

PayvandNews - Iran's Kish Airline has announced an ambitious plan to purchase over a dozen new planes from global aviation giant Airbus and…