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Month: October 2018

Will Iran, Turkey jointly confront US influence east of the Euphrates?

Al-Monitor - Turkey is facing a new conundrum in Syria. While its main concern is the areas held by the Syrian Democratic…

Three Hundred Gachsaran Prisoners Break into Protest

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Around 300 prisoners in Gachsaran, in the southwestern province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad,…

120 Academics and Activists Join UN in Calling on Iran to Free Princeton Scholar Xiyue Wang

CHRI - A group of 120 academics and human rights activists of Iranian origin have called on Iran to free…

Inhuman treatment of Sufi prisoners and the silence of the country’s legal community

Shabtabnews - While the executive decrees of prisons insist that the location of prisoners should be proportionate to their crime,…

World Court Orders U.S. To Ensure Iran Sanctions Don’t Hit Humanitarian Aid

Radiofarda - The World Court has ordered the United States on Wednesday to ensure that sanctions against Iran do not…

Iran Praises Europe For Taking ‘Big step’ To Keep Business With Tehran

Radiofarda - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani praised Europe on Wednesday for taking a "big step" toward maintaining business with Iran…

Iran Executes Four Afghan Men On Dug Smuggling Charges

Iran-HRM - Four Afghan men were executed Tuesday, October 2, in Birjand Prison. (more…)

World Court To Rule On Iran Plea To Lift U.S. Sanctions

Radiofarda - Judges at the International Court of Justice, the highest United Nations court, will rule Wednesday on an Iranian…

New Iraqi Prime Minister Charged With Forming New Government

RFL/RE - Iraq's new president has moved quickly to install veteran Shi'ite politician Adel Abdul-Mahdi as prime minister, charged with…

White House Hails French Move Against Alleged Iranian Bomb Plot

RFL/RE - The White House is applauding France's move against alleged Iranian intelligence operatives who are accused of planning a…