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Month: May 2018

Iran: Looming Execution of Dervish Member

HRW – The Iranian judiciary should immediately halt the looming execution of a member of the Gonabadi Dervish community, Human…

WARNING GRAPHIC PICTURES: Two More Public Executions in Iran

Iran Human Rights -  Two prisoners were hanged in public in Mashhad on rape charges. According to an IRIB News…

Three Executions in Western Iran

Iran Human Rights - Two prisoners were hanged at Urmia Central Prison and one at Ilam Central Prison, located in…

Iraqi Kurds look to open new chapter with Iran

Al-Monitor - Iraqi Kurds are opening a new chapter in their relations with Iran, seven months after Tehran sided with…

Iranian media react to populist cleric’s victory in Iraq elections

Al-Minitor - The Sairoon (On the Move) Alliance of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is set to win Iraq's parliamentary elections…

Iraq’s shock election result may be turning point for Iran

Guardian -The unexpectedly poor showing of Haider al-Abadi, Iraq’s prime minister, in parliamentary elections has dealt a blow to US…

Enraged Workers Block Iran’s North-South Railway

Radiofarda - Workers from the Hepco industrial complex in the central city of Arak blocked and disrupted the Iran North-South…

European Leaders Discuss Shielding Companies Doing Business With Iran

Radiofarda - Reuters reported from Brussels on May 15 that European Union leaders will discuss on Wednesday shielding European companies…

Detained Iranian-British Woman May Face New Charge, Says Husband

AP — The husband of an Iranian-British woman held in Tehran warned Tuesday that she still may face new charges,…

Conservative Ayatollah Demands Rouhani Apologize For Nuclear Deal

Radiofarda - In an unprecedented statement, the ultra-conservative chairman of the influential Assembly of Experts, Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, has called…