Iran Sentences Fugitive Ex-Bank Chief Mahmud Reza Khavari To Prison In Absentia
RFL/RE - Iran's judiciary says the former head of the country's largest state-controlled bank who fled to Canada amid a…
Month: December 2017
Human Rights Day and Iran’s Suppression
newsmax - Today is Human Rights Day! Is this a day for celebration or mourning? Ordinarily, such a day would…
IRANIAN COURT IN SAQQEZ ORDERS 50 LASHES AGAINST WOMAN
nrttv – An Iranian court has sentenced a young woman of Kurdish origin to prison and ordered her to receive 50…
Putin wants to work with Iran and Turkey to kick-start Syrian peace process – agencies
Reuters - Russian President Vladimir Putin told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday he wanted to work with Iran and…
American Diplomat: US Looks to Counter Iran in Post-war Iraq
VOA —As Iraq emerges from three years of war with the Islamic State group, the U.S. is looking to roll…
Rouhani’s New Iran Budget Focuses on Jobs, Fixing Banks
Bloomberg - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani submitted a $337 billion draft budget to parliament that earmarks about $100 billion for…
Iran slowly builds a land bridge of allies to the Mediterranean coast
heraldscotland - WHEN Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looks west from his Tehran residence, he can be forgiven a…
Iran postpones court appearance of jailed woman as UK minister visits
CNN - Hopes that a British woman jailed in Iran will soon be freed rose Sunday following a visit to…
Putin Visits Syria, Announces Russian Troop Withdrawal
VOA - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday he has ordered his military to withdraw a "significant part" of Russia's…
British Foreign Secretary In Iran To Push For Briton’s Release
RFL/RE - British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has arrived in Iran to lobby for the release of an Iranian-British woman…