Rouhani Facing Widespread Outrage as Student Protesters Remain Behind Bars and Receive Harsh Sentences
CHRI - 120 Academics in Iran Call on Rouhani to Immediately Suspend Judicial Cases against More than 150 Students In…
Month: July 2018
Iran Arrests 46 Fashion Workers Including Eight Models in Hormozgan Province
CHRI - Forty-six members of what security officials have described as an online “modeling ring,” including 8 female models, were…
Drought, inefficiency lead to major power shortage in Iran
Al-Monitor - Iran has been gripped with drought for over a decade, and the country’s precipitation has dropped to its…
Is Iran’s youngest minister biting off more than he can chew?
Al-Monitor - Dodging pressure from all sides, Iran’s minister of communications and information technology seems to have no intention of backing…
Iran Arrests 46 In Fresh Crackdowns On Instagram Models
Radiofarda - Iranian authorities have arrested dozens of people in fresh crackdowns on models and associated colleagues posting "immoral images"…
Iran’s Khamenei Criticises Saudi Arabia Over Management Of Haj Pilgrimage
Radiofarda - Iran's top authority Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has criticised Saudi Arabia over its management of the haj…
Ruhani Gives Green Light For Allowing Iranian Women To Attend Football Matches
Radiofarda - Iranian news agency ISNA reported on Monday that Ruhani has given the green light for allowing Iranian women…
Iranians 30 Percent Poorer in Four Decades of Clerical Rule
Radiofarda - New statistics released by the World Bank reveal that Iran has had a painful economic decline during the…
Ex-Fiancee Arrested For The Murder Of Iran Activist
Radiofarda - A prosecutor in Fardis, near Tehran says that a dissident who disappeared two weeks ago was killed by…
Iranian Pilot Arrested After Revealing Safety Lapses On A TV Show
Radiofarda - An Iranian pilot who recently made revelations about gross safety violations by Iranian airlines was arrested on Sunday,…