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Month: January 2018

Iran’s Vulnerable Energy Supply And The Protests

Lobelog - Unlike early 2017, when Iran’s energy industry started a year full of hope and prospects of potential growth,…

Iran’s jihadi gambit

Al-Monitor - A history of support for Kurdish extremists comes back to haunt Tehran   Bahram Fatehi’s tea house in Paveh…

Iranian Human Rights Organizations File Motion in Germany Against Ayatollah Shahroudi for Crimes Against Humanity

CHRI - A coalition of Iranian human rights NGOs including Centre for Defenders of Human Rights, Centre for Human Rights…

Iranian Demonstrator Says Anger Still Alive, Even If Protests Have Ebbed

RFL/RE - A 19-year-old participant in Iran's recent street protests says that while the wave of public demonstrations has subsided,…

Iran protests end but regime now faces ‘race against time,’ experts say

nbcnews - Iran's most significant protests in almost a decade may have calmed, but anger that fueled the nationwide demonstrations…

Iran’s easing of drug laws could halt execution of 5,000 prisoners

theguardian -Lifting of capital punishment for some drug-trafficking offences set to be applied retrospectively to convicts on death row (more…)

‘Big Mouth Basiji’ Takes Offensive In Defense Of Iranian Regime

RFL/RE - Iran's "Big Mouth Basiji" has never met a pro-government event he didn't like. And in the face of…

Turkey Says Russia, Iran Should Stop Syrian Attacks In Idlib

RFL/RE - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has called on Russia and Iran to fulfill their obligations under a peace…

Erdogan Calls U.S. Iran-Sanctions Case ‘Political Coup Attempt’ Against Him

RFL/RE - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the recent conviction of a Turkish bank executive for violating U.S. sanctions…

Germany reprimands Iran for anti-Israel spying on its territory

Al-Arabia - Germany said on Tuesday it had summoned Iran’s ambassador to reprimand Tehran against spying on individuals and groups…