Iran Air to expand regional flights deploying new ATR planes
PayvandNews - The CEO of Iran's national flag-carrier Iran Air said Iran will utilize the newly received ATR passenger jets purchased…
Month: October 2017
US interior secretary Ryan Zinke hints at economic war on Iran
PayvandNews - US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says Washington is now better placed to use its "economic dominance" to cut…
Turkey’s top military chief in Iran ahead of Erdogan visit
PayvandNews - Turkey's Military Chief of Staff General Hulusi Akar is in Tehran for talks with Iran's top military and political…
HRW Says Iran Recruiting Afghan Children To Fight In Syria
RFL/RE - Human Rights Watch says Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has been recruiting Afghan immigrant children living in Iran…
Iran: Three Executions On Murder Charges
Iran Human Rights - Two prisoners were executed, one at Kerman prison and another at Tabriz Central Prison. The total number…
Europeans Intensify Lobbying to Preserve Iran Nuclear Deal
VOA - Iranian diplomats say they expect President Donald Trump to abandon the international deal restricting Tehran's nuclear activities. They are…
Iran bans oil products shipment to Iraqi Kurdistan, will hold joint military drills with Iraq
PayvandNews - Iran's Ministry of Roads and Urban Development has warned companies against shipment of oil products to and from the…
Landmine Victims Denied Compensation as Border Regions Remain Plagued by Remnants of Iran-Iraq War
CHRI - An attorney representing people maimed by mines in Iran's border regions says the victims are not only entitled to…
Former Sunni MP: Rouhani Government Failing to Uphold Minority Rights Despite Supreme Leader’s Call
CHRI - The situation of Iran's Sunni Muslims has not improved since Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei pointed out in a sermon…
Re-Summoning Mr. Kazemini Boroujerdi to Special Court of Clergy
IOPHR - Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi, the political prisoner of conscience, was summoned for the third time to the Special Court of…