Lawyer Accuses Intelligence Ministry in Kermanshah of Harassing Kurdish Civil Rights Activist
CHRI - In the six months since she was released from a three-week detention, Iranian Kurdish children and women's rights activist…
Month: August 2017
Judiciary Contradicts Rouhani Officials’ Promise to Detained Opposition Leader Mehdi Karroubi
CHRI - The spokesman for Iran's judiciary, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, has publicly rejected a report that security agents will leave detained…
Christian Convert Released From Prison in Iran Slapped With Travel Ban
CHRI - Maryam (Nasim) Naghash Zargaran, who was released from Evin Prison on August 1, 2017 after serving more than four…
Saudi Arabia woos Persian-speaking Sunnis in Central Asia
Al-monitor - In an unprecedented move that surprised many observers around the world, Tajikistan's state TV on Aug. 8 aired a…
Historical Pol-e Khaju Bridge in Isfahan: Architecturally interesting, visually appealing
PayvandNews - To experience Isfahan, a vibrant tourist city in central Iran, it is most magical to walk across Pol-e Khaju at sunset…
Environment Matters: Iranian couple tie the knot, pledge to plant thousand-plus trees
PayvandNews - In a symbolic gesture to safeguard the environment a young bride from the western province of Ilam made the…
Salehi Says Iran Could Resume Uranium Enrichment In Five Days
RFL/RE - The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization has said that the country would need only five days to resume…
Who has Supreme Leader Khamenei appointed as Iran’s new army chief?
Al-Arabia - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has issued a decree appointing Brigadier General Sayed Abdul Rahim Mousavi as Commander-in-Chief…
Yemen Blames Iran for War, Says It Can’t be Part of Solution
VOA — Yemen's foreign minister blamed Iran and its support for Houthi Shiite rebels on Monday for causing the country's…
A Prisoner Committed Suicid in Birjand Prison and Died
HRANA News Agency – A prisoner with drug related charges who had been kept in solitary confinement in Birjand prison since…