Parliamentary Delegation Visiting Evin Prison Told 4,534 Were Arrested in Iranian Protests
CHRI - More than a month after thousands of people were arrested in Iran after weeklong protests erupted across the…
Month: February 2018
Will Brexit jump-start Iran-UK trade?
Al-Monitor — Many foreign companies returned to Iran’s largely untapped market after the signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of…
Rouhani urges government to listen to critics
AL-Monitor - During an address marking the 39th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, President Hassan Rouhani, in a nod to…
An International Workers’ Union Organizing Protests Against Iran
RFL/RE - International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has asked its members around the world to protest against the “harassment” of…
A Child Sex Abuse Case Reaching Khamenei’s Circle Being Dismissed
RFL/RE - A long-running child sexual abuse scandal, reaching the inner circle of Iran’s Supreme Leader, shows no sign of…
Agents Outnumbered MPs During Visit To Notorious Prison
RFL/RE - The deputy head of parliament’s Judicial and Legal Commission has lambasted Iranian authorities for deploying a swarm of…
After Protests Parliament Restores Subsidies In Rouhani Budget
RFL/RE - After previously rejecting it, the Iranian Parliament has approved the general outlines of President Hassan Rouhani’s proposed budget…
Germany condemns Iran’s ‘unacceptable’ execution policy, human rights violations
kurdistan24 – Germany on Wednesday criticized the Iranian government’s execution policy accusing Tehran of “unacceptable” violations of international law. The…
British lawyers urge Iran to release rights advocates: ‘Strong and confident nations don’t arrest lawyers’
independent - British barristers have written to Iran‘s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to protest against the treatment of lawyers…
France to finance exports to Iran to sidestep U.S. sanctions
Reuters - France will start offering euro-denominated loans to Iranian buyers of its goods later this year, to help trade…