Iran: Environmentalists Face Capital Charges
HRW - Detained for 9 Months; No Access to a Lawyer (more…)
Month: October 2018
Why Chinese public diplomacy is failing in Iran
Al-Monitor - Increasing reports of academic and cultural exchanges between China and Iran indicate that China is pursuing an active public diplomacy…
Khamenei says Iran did not encourage fighters to go to Syria, Iraq
Al-Monitor - Millions of Shiite Muslims make a pilgrimage every year to the Hussein ibn Ali shrine in Karbala, Iraq, to commemorate the…
Intel: How allowing Iran to stay in SWIFT financial network would impact US oil sanctions
Al-Monitor - With crippling sanctions set to resume next month, the Donald Trump administration is debating how far to go…
Life of detained human rights defender at risk after 90 days on hunger strike
iran-hrm - Three months into his hunger strike, detained human rights defender Farhad Meysami is in dire conditions. Since Meysami…
Iranian Court Sentences 15 Kurdish porters to prison
iran-hrm - Revolutionary Court of Sardash, handed down out prison sentences to 15 porters after convicting them of “carrying smuggled…
Iran Authorities Won’t Explain Why Teachers’ Rights Activist is Being Held Incommunicado in Mental Hospital
iranhumanrights - Iranian authorities have refused to allow the family of a teacher’s rights activist any access to him or…
Iran’s Judiciary Should Release Ailing Prisoner Saeed Malekpour on Medical Grounds
iranhumanrights - Peaceful Prisoner, Convicted Without Due Process, Has Been Denied Furlough for Past 10 Years. October 26, 2018 –…
France Expels Iranian Diplomat Over Failed Bomb Plot – Sources
radiofarda - France has expelled an Iranian diplomat in response to a failed plot to carry out a bomb attack…
UN Investigating Whether Iran Supplied Weapons Seized By U.S. Navy Near Yemen
rferl.org - UN inspectors are examining more than 2,500 AK-47 rifles and other guns seized by the crew of a…