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Month: February 2018

Authorities Ignore Potential Cancer Diagnosis For US Resident Nizar Zakka, Deny Him Medical Care

CHRI - Evin prison officials are using medicine as a weapon” US permanent resident Nizar Zakka is being denied medical…

“This is Slavery” 30 Sugar Plant Workers Arrested in Iran For Demanding Unpaid Wages

CJHRI - Police arrested more than 30 protesters on the fourth day of a strike by hundreds of workers on…

Iranian female singers get boost from music idol

Al-Monitor - The crowd goes wild for Iranian pop idol Benyamin Bahadori as the heartthrob of the country’s young people begins…

Rouhani says US lost ‘golden opportunity’ for bilateral dialogue

Al-Monitor - Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has declared that his US counterpart, Donald Trump, has ruined all potential opportunities for…

Delegation of Iranian women entrepreneurs visit France

PayvandNews -A delegation of 32 Iranian women entrepreneurs, members of chambers of commerce, heads of private companies and other noble…

It’s Not For You: Smartphone Ban For N. Korea, Iran Olympians

RFL/RE  - North Korean and Iranian athletes at the Winter Olympics will not receive high-end smartphones being handed out to…

Five Possible Outcomes Following The Mass Protests In Iran

RFL/RE - The recent protests in Iran may be a harbinger of more dramatic upheaval in the Islamic Republic’s future.…

Accusations Of Financial Impropriety Pile Up Against Former Tehran Mayor

RFL/RE - Documents concerning 20 trillion rials of unaccounted expenditures from the city of Tehran that accrued under former mayor…

Labor Dispute in Central Iran Heats Up

RFL/RE - Labor protests in the city of Arak, central Iran, gained momentum February 5 when hundreds of employees of…

Ex-UNICEF Iranian-American official returned to prison after medical leave

Al-Arabia - An 81-year-old Iranian-American man sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran on charges he spied and cooperated…