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Month: September 2017

Child marriage in Iran forces girls into a life of oppression

DW- Girls in rural Iran are often forced into marriage at a young age. Protected under Iranian law, the practice is…

Trump to weigh more aggressive US strategy on Iran, sources say

CNBC - President Donald Trump is weighing a strategy that calls for more aggressive U.S. responses to Iran's forces, its Shi'ite…

Iran: Man Hanged on Murder Charges

Iran Human Rights  -A man was hanged in northern Khorasan on murder charges. Iran Human Rights has obtained information about…

Iran: Arrest of human rights defender seeking truth about disappeared family members

Amnesty - The Iranian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release a human rights defender arrested from her home last night, who…

Shiite iconography electrifies Iranians on Syria

Al-monitor - The battle on the Iraq-Syria border, near Tanf, on Aug. 6 was fierce. In brutal fighting, jihadis had killed everyone…

Iran to send human to space by 2025

Mehr News Agency - While announcing continued studies to send humans to space, the head of Iran's Aerospace Research Institute (ARI) said they…

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister in Tehran amid standoff with US

PayvandNews - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has met with his Pakistani counterpart Khawaja Muhammad Asif in Tehran to discuss…

UN Nuclear Chief Says Iran Complying With Deal, Concerned About North Korea

RFL/RE - The head of the United Nations agency that monitors Iran's compliance with an international nuclear deal says Tehran is…

Report: British Suspect Iran Or Russia May Have Helped North Korea Nuclear Program

RFL/RE - Britain's Telegraph newspaper is reporting that U.K. officials fear that Iran or Russia may have helped North Korea’s "sudden…

Report: Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ sectarian activity rises in Sunni areas

Al-Arabia - The Iranian repressive and sectarian regime against Sunnis in the country warns of an upcoming civil war, according to…