UN Rights Council Extends Mandate of Special Rapporteur On Iran
Radiofarda - The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution extending the mandate on Iran, the Islamic Republic’s official…
Month: March 2018
Conservative Cleric Advises Police To Be Tough On Anti-Hijab Protesters
Radiofarda - High-ranking Shi’ite cleric Nasser Makarem Shirazi has criticized Iranian officials for using the expression “compulsory hijab,” fearing its…
Iran Poplin Representatives Dismissed For Protesting Not Receiving Wages
Iran-HRM - Four representatives of the “Iran Poplin” weaving company in Rasht, north of Iran have been dismissed for protesting…
Iran: Activist Detained For Publishing Azeri Calendar
Iran-HRM - Mehdi Ghamari Binisly, an Azeri activist who lives in Tehran, was arrested by security forces last week in…
Water Crisis In Iran Reaches Critical State
Iran-HRM - Energy Minister Reza Ardakaniyan said that water quality was a topic that has been overlooked thus far. “To…
Majlis Podcast: Is Iran-Saudi Tension Reaching Central Asia?
RFL/RE - This latest session of the Majlis explored the ties Iran and Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia and…
A brief history on Oman and Iran
Al-Arabia - One of the books I bought from this year’s Riyadh Book Fair is “Four important letters exchanged between…
How conservatives are elbowing out Reformists in Iranian cinema
Al-Monitor - Iranians have long been fond of cinema, and the country’s politicians are no exception. But in recent decades,…
The dangerous conspiracy against the Sufi orders in Iran
Long before the recent events in Teheran's Golestan 7th street the minority religions, especially Sufi orders and particularly the Gonabadi Sufi…
U.S. Charges Iranians Over ‘Massive’ Hacking And Data Theft Scheme
RFL/RE - U.S. authorities have charged nine Iranians and an Iranian company in what they say was a hacking scheme…