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Month: October 2018

Iran: Court of Appeal Upholds Imprisonment and Flogging Sentences for 11 Civil Activists

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Court of Appeal in Iranian Markazi province upholds imprisonment and flogging sentences for 11 civil…

Khamenei instructs Iranian scholars to look eastward

Al-Monitor - During an Oct. 17 speech to young scholars and academics in the country, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei encouraged young…

Iran move 17 spots up at Youth Olympic Games

PayvandNews - Iran delegation moved 17 spots up to seventh at the Youth Olympic Games held in Buenos Aires, Argentina…

Acclaimed Iranian actor opens up on the challenges and rewards of taking a stand

PayvandNews - Fatemeh Motamed-Arya has used her popularity as an artist to tackle the difficult and complex issues facing her…

New Round Of U.S. Sanctions Hits Foreign Investment, Domestic Economy

Radiofarda - Abdolnasser Hemmati, governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), has claimed that the second round of U.S.…

New Restrictions, Rising Costs Curb Rise In Foreign Travel Among Iranians

Radiofarda - Reimposed U.S. sanctions on Iran are making it more difficult and expensive for average Iranians to travel abroad,…

France Says Planned EU Mechanism To Enable Iran Trade May Have Wider Use

Radiofarda - France's foreign ministry said on Thursday a so-called Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) that the European Union is considering…

ANALYSIS: Iran and the Financial Action Task Force impasse

Al-Arabia - What is the FATF and why are we hearing such conflicting remarks from inside the Iranian regime in…

Azerbaijan Rescues Iranian Sailors ‘Poisoned By Chemicals,’ But Three Die

RFL/RE - The Azerbaijani coast guard says it has rescued several Iranian sailors who showed symptoms of chemical poisoning after…

Pakistan Says Searching For 14 Abducted Iranian Border Guards

RFL/RE - Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has told his Iranian counterpart that security forces are searching for 14…