CHRI – Evin prison officials are using medicine as a weapon” US permanent resident Nizar Zakka is being denied medical attention in Evin Prison despite being told by his doctor that he may be suffering from colon cancer, his US-based lawyer told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). Zakka’s attorney, Jason Poblete, also told CHRI that Zakka and …

CJHRI – Police arrested more than 30 protesters on the fourth day of a strike by hundreds of workers on February 4, 2018, at a major sugar plant near the city of Shush, in Iran’s Khuzestan Province. In a video message posted on his Telegram channel on February 4, 2018, prominent labor activist Jafar Azimzadeh said the workers at the …

Al-Monitor – The crowd goes wild for Iranian pop idol Benyamin Bahadori as the heartthrob of the country’s young people begins his set. But his ballads seem to be missing part of his signature sound. A clue lies in a lone cello resting on stage. The drama began just before the Dec. 26 concert commenced in Tehran. The musician’s team filed …

Al-Monitor – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has declared that his US counterpart, Donald Trump, has ruined all potential opportunities for a dialogue between Tehran and Washington. Speaking at a press conference on Feb. 6, Rouhani stated in response to a question about the recent protests across Iran, “You shouldn’t consider the demands of the people [as limited to] issues to …

PayvandNews -A delegation of 32 Iranian women entrepreneurs, members of chambers of commerce, heads of private companies and other noble women in different fields visited Paris to attend economic meetings. The group arrived in Paris on Wednesday to attend a seminar titled “Iranian women, dynamic women”, and a round table talk in the French parliament, IRNA reported. The visit was …

RFL/RE  – North Korean and Iranian athletes at the Winter Olympics will not receive high-end smartphones being handed out to their fellow competitors because of UN sanctions, organizers said Wednesday.

RFL/RE – The recent protests in Iran may be a harbinger of more dramatic upheaval in the Islamic Republic’s future. Less certain is what shape the political landscape will take, with much of the country’s future depending on the actions of foreign powers.

RFL/RE – Documents concerning 20 trillion rials of unaccounted expenditures from the city of Tehran that accrued under former mayor and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) general Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf have been delivered to the Tehran City Council, a city council member announced February 6. This amount would have been more than $55 million at the time and around $43 …

RFL/RE – Labor protests in the city of Arak, central Iran, gained momentum February 5 when hundreds of employees of Hepco, a private industrial complex, made a human chain around the city’s main square to protest their dire living conditions and demand the months of back pay they say they’re owed. The striking workers chanted “We will not live under …

Al-Arabia – An 81-year-old Iranian-American man sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran on charges he spied and cooperated with the United States has been returned to prison after a short medical leave, his lawyer and son said on Tuesday.