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Month: October 2017

IRAN: FURTHER INFORMATION: DOCTOR AND ACADEMIC SENTENCED TO DEATH: DR AHMADREZA DJALALI

Amnesty - Dr Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-born Swedish resident and academic, has been sentenced to death for “corruption on earth”…

Historic Boeing-IranAir deal at risk amid claims of IRGC use

Al-Monitor— US President Donald Trump’s new Iran strategy, including his Oct. 13 refusal to certify that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of…

KSA: Iran diverts attention from its human rights violations by creating regional chaos

Arab News -  Saudi Arabia reiterated that Iran seeks to distract the world's attention from its dire human rights situation through…

Terror designation for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a necessary first step

thehill -After this week, the Trump administration will not only be leading the United States down a different path with…

The Scope And Impact Of Iran’s IRGC Blacklisting

Forbes - Tehran received a major blow following the blacklisting of Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a terrorist organization by the U.S.…

Former Argentinian Leader Denies Covering Up Iranian Involvement In Bombing

RFL/RE - Former Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has denied in court that she covered up for Iranians accused of…

UN Special Rapporteur: Despite “Encouraging Signs,” Human Rights Deteriorating in Iran

CHRI - In presenting her semi-annual 2017 report on Iran to the United Nations General Assembly, UN Special Rapporteur Asma Jahangir…

Iranian banks slowly reconnect to the world

AL-Monitor - A recent string of “financing agreements” that various governments and international banks have signed with Iran indicates that Tehran…

Iran’s media unconcerned with Iraq-Saudi Arabia rapprochement

Al-Monitor - The rise of the Islamic State (IS) in 2014 created the opportunity to make Haider al-Abadi Iraq's prime minister.…

UN urges Iran to stop harassing BBC Persian staff

BBC - A United Nations expert has urged Iran's government to stop harassing BBC Persian staff and their families. David Kaye,…