Fearing Punishment, Iran’s Students Turn Away From Politics
Radiofarda - Nearly ten years after a harsh crackdown ended Iran’s youth-driven Green Movement, sometimes called the “Persian Spring,” it…
Month: November 2018
US Displays Iranian Weapons To Bolster Its Case
Radiofarda - Pentagon and the U.S. State Department went all out on Thursday to show that Iran is breaking United…
Iran’s Threat To Pull Out Of JCPOA Could End EU – US Divide
Radiofarda - The patience of Iranian leaders is seemingly running thin as six months after the US pull-out from the…
Asia’s Iran Oil Imports Plunge To 5-Year Low In Oct
Reuters - Imports of Iranian crude oil by major buyers in Asia hit a five-year low in October, as China,…
Labor Activists Say Detained Worker Tortured, Sent To Hospital
Radiofarda - Labor activists in Iran say a detained worker and labor leader was tortured in custody and hospitalized in…
ANALYSIS: Muqtada al-Sadr and rising tensions between Iran and Iraq
Al-Arabia - Economic and political tensions are rising between Iran and Iraq. One of the major contributors is the souring…
Iranian Authorities Upscale the Crackdown of Independent Lawyers
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Amirsalar Davoudi, member of the Iranian Bar Association was arrested by the Iranian Judiciary on…
Prominent Imprisoned Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Hunger Strikes For Fellow Prisoner Farhad Meysami
CHRI - Imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh started a second hunger strike on November 26, 2018, to protest the Iranian…
Why Iran’s currency repatriation rules threaten rising exports
Al-Monitor - When the administration of President Hassan Rouhani fixed the exchange rate of the Iranian rial against the US…
Hard-liners face backlash for attempted impeachment of Zarif
Al-Monitor - A group of conservative Iranian lawmakers is facing a backlash for an attempt to impeach Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad…