Britain Joins Calls To End Hostilities In Yemen, Will Urge UN Action
RFL/RE - Britain says it will press UN Security Council members to take fresh action to end the hostilities in…
Month: November 2018
US Reimposes Sanctions on Iran’s Oil, Financial Sectors
VOA - The United States reimposed sanctions on Iran's oil industry and financial sector Monday, following through on President Donald…
Iran: Protesters Sentenced in Unfair Trials
HRW – Iran’s judiciary convicted at least 24 protesters on vaguely defined national security charges, Human Rights Watch said today. Their prison…
Azerbaijani Activist Arrested in Northwest Iran
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- Security agents arrested Azerbaijani activist and Tabriz resident Gholamreza Rashidi on Sunday, October 28th and…
Hand Amputation Raises Specter of Cruel and Unusual Punishments
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – Morteza Esmaeilian, 37, a married father of two from Urmia, was arrested in 2013…
ACL Final: Iran’s Persepolis football team falls short against Japan’s Kashima
PayvandNews - Iran's Persepolis will be looking for a response next week against Kashima Antlers of Japan after they were…
Dervishes Convicted To More Than 1,000 Years In Prison
Radiofarda - More than 200 Gonabadi dervishes have been sentenced to more than 1000 years of prison time, the Human…
Iran’s Guardian Council Rejects Bill Banning Terror Financing
Radiofarda - Iran's powerful Guardian Council on Sunday rejected a bill on joining the UN convention against terrorist financing seen…
Oil Price Rally Faces Tidal Wave Of Supply
Radiofarda - The oil market's two-year bull run is running into one of its biggest tests in months, facing a…
IRGC Commander Threatens ‘Dominance’ Over The U.S. In Mideast
Radiofarda - Deputy Commander of Iran's IRGC has issued new threats against the United States, hours before additional sanctions come…