Radiofarda – A new report released by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) suggests the U.S. should still work to bridge its differences with Europe, as the violent Islamism of Iran’s clerical regime poses as much of a threat to Europe as it does to the United States.
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Unease, anger in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, Iran’s beating heart
Al-Arabia – Just one shop among the thousands in Tehran’s sprawling Grand Bazaar can offer a tableau of the darkening mood descending across Iran as American sanctions again take hold.
Read More »Hijab in Iran: A cultural product or ideological coercion?
Al-Arabia – In the course of history, women’s clothing has always been one of the first issues that have been exploited by various ideological systems, and the body of women has been an ideologi-cal battleground between the conflicting fronts. Although the issue of men’s clothing is not entirely exempted from dress codes restrictions, it does not reach the level of …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Manifestations of a desperate Iranian regime
Al-Arabia – The Iranian regime hanged three Kurdish activists when it rained missiles in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Read More »Three More Deaths In Urmia Prison Attributed To Medical Neglect
Iran-HRM – Urmia central prisoners Gholamreza Tubaragh Ghaleh, Reza Malek Rezaie, and Sajjad Jamali Fard have died due to authorities’ refusal to arrange for appropriate medical treatment, joining a dismal trend of detainee deaths related to medical neglect.
Read More »No Information On Charges Or Where Women’s Rights Activists Are Being Held
Iran-HRM – No information is available on the charges and whereabouts of women’s rights activists Hadi Amid, Najmeh Vahedi and Rezvan Mohammadi.
Read More »Police Arrest More Than A Dozen Amid General Strike Sweeping Kurdish Provinces
Iran-HRM – In an effort to prevent Wednesday’s general strike from spreading to further cities, Iranian authorities arrested more than a dozen of Kurdish civil activists on charge of “disturbing the public order.”
Read More »Four Dead From Drinking Bootleg Booze In Iran
RFL/RE – Four people, including a woman, have died after drinking bootleg alcohol in the Iranian city of Karaj, west of the capital, a judiciary official has said.
Read More »Afghans Leave Iran as Economy Worsens
VOA – The Iranian economy has plunged even further since the United States pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal and re-imposed sanctions – and the fallout is affecting Iran’s war-torn neighbor, Afghanistan. This is because up to three million Afghan refugees live in Iran, most without legal documents, and many of them are now being forced to return to …
Read More »Second Dervish Arrested in Dashti Village
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Hadi Karimi, Dashti village resident and member of Iran’s Dervish religious minority, has been arrested and taken to an undisclosed location, Majzooban Noor reported.
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