World Powers Warn Iran, Saudi Arabia Not To Meddle In Lebanon
RFL/RE - World powers are pushing Saudi Arabia and Iran to stop interfering in Lebanon's politics while urging Iranian ally…
Month: December 2017
Arabs agitate in Ahwaz after seizure of farm lands
Al-Arabia - Thousands of Arab citizens demonstrated, on Friday, in the streets of the city of Ahwaz, the center of…
Iran: Imprisoned Foreign Student Threatened
HRW - US Citizen Arrested for Historical Research Serving 10-Year Term (more…)
Iran’s Culture Minister Says He’s Trying to “Transform” Conservative Clerics’ Views on Music
CHRI - Before musicians can perform concerts in Iran without the threat of the authorities suddenly canceling them, someone has…
Iran’s Student Movement Faces Roadblocks Under Rouhani Despite Election Campaign Promises
CHRI - Protests were held at several Iranian universities on December 7, 2017, on the occasion of Student Day. One…
IRGC Commander Turned Musician Says He Was Banned From Producing Music by the Intelligence Ministry
CHRI - Rouhani Government and MPs Ignore Hossein Zaman’s Pleas for Help (more…)
Opposition Leader Under House Arrest Offers to Serve Remainder of Imprisoned Mothers’ Sentences
CHRI - Zahra Rahnavard, who has been under extrajudicial house arrest with her husband Mir Hossein Mousavifor nearly seven years, has offered to…
Iranian media workers warn of ‘death of independent journalism’
Al-Monitor - “Working as a professional journalist is subject to obtaining a journalist’s license from the Media Governance Organization [MGO]…
Iran’s Siamand Rahman clinches gold at 2017 World Para Powerlifting Championships
PayvandNews - Iranian Paralympic powerlifter Siamand Rahman has produced a magnificent display of strength and prowess at the 2017 World…
U.K. Foreign Secretary To Visit Iran To Press For Release Of Jailed Briton
RFL/RE - Britain says Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will travel to Iran on December 9 to meet with his Iranian…