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Month: March 2018

Iranian Forests Shrink In Size

Iran-HRM - Exact statistics do not exist on the area of Iran’s forests, but current stats do indicate a process…

An Iranian hand and Qatari scream behind the Houthi missile attack

Al-Arabia - In the rich, transcendent city of Riyadh, shrapnel from a missile fired by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on…

IRAN: HUNGER STRIKE TO PROTEST TORTURE IN DETENTION: ABBAS DEHGHAN, JAVAD KHAMIS ABADI, KIANOUSH ABBASZADEH, AHMAD MOUSAVI, NOUR ALI MOUSAVI, MEHDI ESKANDARI, AMIR LABBAF, AND MIR SADEGH

Amnesty - Eight detainees from Iran’s Gonabadi Dervish minority began a hunger strike on 27 March in protest against the…

IRAN: 11 WOMEN ILL-TREATED AND ARBITRARILY DETAINED

Amnesty - At least 11 women from Iran’s Gonabadi Dervish religious minority have been arbitrarily detained in inhumane conditions, without…

Iran Cracks Down on Kurdish Activists After Anti-State Protests

CHRI - Iran’s cyber police, known as FATA, and the Intelligence Ministry have summoned rights activists in mainly Kurdish-populated provinces…

Christian Property in Iran to Be Taken Over by Supreme Leader’s Organization

CHRI - Sharon Gardens, a valuable property near Tehran confiscated from Iran’s largest Christian Protestant organization by a group controlled…

Iran’s conservatives see Twitter as next battleground

Al-Monitor - When Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif began his tenure in 2013, the American-educated diplomat knew that he…

Record Rise Of The US Dollar Angers Iranians

Radiofarda - The rapid and record fall of the Iranian currency has made many Iranians angry at President Hassan Rouhani,…

Iran Police Says In One Week 14 Tons Of Illegal Drugs Captured

Radiofarda - An anti-drug police chief in Iran says security agencies have captured 14 metric tons of illegal drugs during…

Iran Supplying Weapons To Yemen’s Houthi Rebels: France FM

AFP - France on Thursday accused Iran of supplying weapons to Houthi rebels fighting a Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. (more…)