One million birds killed illegally every year at a wildlife site in Iran
Guardian - Conservationists sound alarm over unprecedented slaughter of rare and endangered species by hunters at three lagoons Robin McKie…
Month: February 2018
‘We Could Have Used An RPG’ Against Dervishes, Says Police Chief
RFL/RE - After days of bloody clashes between dervishes and security services, a dervish leader has implored his followers to…
Two More Anti-Hijab Protesters Arrested In Iran
RFL/RE - The protests of individual women in Iran against compulsory veil continues, as more women remove their head-scarfs in…
Oil From Sunken Iran Tanker Reached Japan Shores -Coast Guard
Reuters - Oil that reached islands in southern Japan earlier this month is highly likely to have come from the…
Watchdog Says Iran In Compliance With Nuclear Deal
RFL/RE - Iran remains in compliance with the 2015 nuclear accord signed with six world powers, the United Nations atomic…
UN Should Keep Engaging Iran on Its Human Rights Record by Renewing Special Rapporteur’s Mandate
CHRI - Rights Violations Continue Under President Rouhani’s Watch Iran’s deteriorating human rights record requires the UN Human Rights Council…
Why Iran doesn’t want escalation Syria
Al-Monitor - The downing of an Israeli F-16 by the Syrian military on Feb. 10 has once again triggered speculations about a…
World financial watchdog keeps punting on Iran
Al-Monitor - The world’s financial watchdog is poised to continue suspending punitive measures against Iran for six more months to avoid…
Ahmadinejad asks Khamenei for free and immediate elections
Al-Monitor - Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose contested re-election plunged Iran into its largest street protests since the 1979 revolution,…
Iran announce bid to create own digital currency
PayvandNews - Iran says it is preparing to launch its own digital currency in a move that many believe can…