Eight Prisoners Hanged in One Day in Iran’s Rajai Shahr Prison
Iran Human Rights -Eight prisoners were hanged in one day in Rajai Shahr Prison while another prisone. On Wednesday August…
Month: August 2017
IRAN: FURTHER INFORMATION: HARASSMENT OF DISSIDENT IRANIAN CLERIC MUST END: SEYED HOSSEIN KAZEMEINI BOROUJERDI
Amnesty - Dissident Iranian cleric Seyed Hossein Kazemeini Boroujerdi has faced continued intimidation and death threats by the Iranian authorities since…
Iranians mock Rouhani over explanation for no female ministers
Al-monitor - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's reasoning for not appointing any female ministers to his Cabinet — as he had promised he would in the May…
Iranian return to hajj could help end Saudi deadlock
Al-monitor — For the first time in two years, Tehran has sent Iranian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj…
Iranian Opposition Leader Mehdi Karroubi Goes on Hunger Strike to Challenge Arrest
Radiozamaneh - Mehdi Karroubi, one of the opposition leaders of Iran's Green Movement who has been under house arrest since 2010…
IRAN: Six Inmates at Rajaee Shahr Prison Punished With Solitary Confinement For Going on Hunger Strike
CHRI -Prisoners Protest Transfer to High-Security Ward Without Medicine or Clothes Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj. More than 50 political…
Iranian Soccer Body Says Star Players Not Banned for Playing Against Israeli Team
CHRI - NO Decision" Ruling Issued Following Social Media Public Outcry After days of public outcry over an Iranian official's declaration…
Moscow Voices Hope Iran Won’t Quit Nuclear Deal
RFL/RE - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that Moscow hopes Iran will not quit the agreement reached in 2015…
Turkey, Iran Voice Opposition To Kurdish Independence Vote In Rare Visit
RFL/RE - Turkey and Iran have voiced strong opposition to a referendum on Kurdish independence scheduled next month in neighboring Iraq…
Iran chief of staff in Turkey for talks on Syria, Iraq
Al-Arabia - Iran’s chief of staff arrived in Ankara Tuesday for “unprecedented” talks with Turkey’s leadership reportedly aimed at narrowing differences…