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Month: September 2017

Changes Needed In Iran Nuclear Deal To Win U.S. Support, Tillerson Says

RFL/RE - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said that changes are needed in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal before…

Iran Summons Award-Winning Filmmaker To Court

RFL/RE - Iranian authorities have asked award-winning filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof to report to the prosecutor's office after confiscating his passport upon…

US military official: Iran continues to arm Houthi militias

Al-Arabia - A senior US military official revealed the Iranian violations of international resolutions, which prohibit the arming of the Houthi…

Critics of Iran Nuclear Deal Debate the Way Forward

VOA — During his speech Tuesday to the U.N. General Assembly, U.S. President Donald Trump made his disdain for the nuclear…

Wife of Man Imprisoned for Facebook Posts Loses Job After Pressure From IRGC

CHRI - Every day something bad is happening to him." Nastaran Naimi, the wife of Soheil Arabi, who was imprisoned in…

Iranian Judge Refuses to Take Action Against Father Suspected of Sexually Abusing Daughter

CHRI - Grandmother Detained For Defending Child in Court A family court judge in Iran has refused to put a restraining…

Kurdish Activists Detained for Protesting Killing of Border Couriers

CHRI - Six Kurdish artists and activists are being detained in Dizelabad Prison in Iran's Kermanshah Province for protesting the latest…

Pro-Rouhani Activist Arrested on Heels as Iranian President’s Trip to New York for the UNGA

CHRI - Siavash Hatam, who has served time as a political prisoner for engaging in peaceful student activism, was arrested on September…

Saudi Arabia stuck with self-inflicted wounds in battle with Iran

Al-Monitor - Recent revelations about Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s private remarks on regional developments to former senior US officials confirm what…

Poll: Iranians Want Economic Reform, More Engagement With Europe

PayvandNews - A new IranPoll survey conducted in August finds that Iranians generally support globalization, want to see economic reform inside Iran, and…