Local Activist Refutes Official Claims That Young Men Killed by Security Forces Amid Sanandaj Protests Were Armed
CHRI - Two young men who were killed by security forces in the city of Sanandaj in Iran’s Kurdistan Province…
Month: January 2018
Iran’s conservatives step up scrutiny on university students
Al-Monitor - On Jan. 14, Islamic Azad University (IAU) approved new rules that are set to increase state control over…
Iran’s absence at Davos sparks speculation
Al-Monitor - Despite reports that Iran’s foreign minister had canceled a scheduled trip to Davos to attend the World Economic…
155 Lawyers Call on Iran’s Judiciary to Stop Restricting Detainees’ Access to Counsel
CHRI - In the wake of a massive influx of detainees following protests in several Iranian cities at the end…
Tehran police move in to restore normalcy in exchange market
PayvandNews - Police in Tehran have shut down several currency exchange shops and arrested a number of money changers suspected…
Iran’s President Rouhani says his government’s key failed to open locked social apps
PayvandNews - The Iranian president has said his government's measures failed to remove ban on some social apps in the…
Iran: Protests and threat of renewed sanctions focus economic thinking
PayvandNews - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appears in the wake of recent anti-government protests to have put his…
Iranian woman who bravely stood on a pillar box in Tehran waving her hijab is ‘missing’ and feared arrested, lawyer says
Daily Mail - The Iranian woman who protested the country's 'modesty' dress code by standing on a pillar box in Tehran and…
Top U.S., French Diplomats To Meet On Iran
RFL/RE - Iran is expected to dominate Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's January 23 meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves…
Pence Underscores US Opposition to Iran Nuclear Deal
VOA - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence reiterated Tuesday the Trump administration's view that the international deal on Iran's nuclear…