Execution of Kurdish Death-Row Prisoner More Likely, Prison Officer Says
CHRI - Fears for Ramin Hossein Panahi Grow Despite Torture and Due Process Violation Concerns The execution of a…
Month: September 2018
Women Activists Arrested for Trying to Raise Awareness of Women’s Rights in Marriage and Divorce
CHRI - Women’s rights activists Hoda Amid and Najmeh Vahedi were arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence…
Young cleric names and shames Iran’s luxury-loving elite
Al-Monitor - Iran’s high-living aghazadehs — a satirical moniker for the offsprings of the Iranian ruling class — have an…
Will Iran merge banks owned by military institutions?
Al-Arabia - Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei instructed the armed forces and security institutions in January to divest from…
IRAN: Detained Civil Rights Activist Refusing to Break Hunger Strike
CHRI - Farhad Meysami, the 48-year-old physician who has been detained in Iran's Evin Prison since his arrest on July…
Trump To Chair UN Council Meeting To Highlight Grievances With Iran
PayvandNews - U.S. President Donald Trump will chair a UN Security Council meeting on Iran this month during the annual…
New Unemployment Figures ‘Alarming,’ Says Iranian Parliament
Radiofarda - A study conducted by the Research Center of the Iranian Parliament says that the current unemployment figures in…
Kremlin Rejects Trump’s Warning Against New Offensive In Syria
Radiofarda - U.S. President Donald Trump has warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Iran and Russia not to…
Rouhani: Iran Will Export Crude Oil Despite US Pressure
Radiofarda - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his country will continue exporting crude oil despite U.S. efforts to stop it…
SocGen Expects To Pay 1.1 Bn Euros In US Sanctions Fines
Radiofarda - French banking giant Societe Generale said Tuesday it expects to pay 1.1 billion euros ($1.27 billion) in fines…