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Month: March 2019

Family arrested in vicious crackdown on Ahwazi Arabs held in limbo

Iran-HRM - After four months of detention, a family from Iran’s Ahwazi Arab ethnic minority have been held in limbo.…

Flash floods cause major devastation due to Iran’s incompetence

Iran-HRM - Flash floods across much of Iran have killed at least 17 people and injured 74, Iranian state TV…

Israel Candidate Gantz Says Willing to Use Force on Iran

VOA - Benny Gantz, who is posing a stiff challenge to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in upcoming elections, said…

Iran Floods Kill 20, Iranians Fault Government’s Disaster Management

VOA - Iranian state media say flash floods killed 20 people in several regions on Monday, as Iranian social media…

Gender Equality Researcher Tried in Iran Under National Security Charge

CJRI - Gender equality advocate Rezvaneh Mohammadi was tried in absentia in Tehran under the unusual charge of “assembly and collusion…

Criticism grows as Iranian authorities respond to floods

Al-Monitor - Iran's Meteorological Organization has warned of more floods to come in Iran as a number of provinces have…

IRGC commanders begin to reprimand Iranians for electing Rouhani

Al-Monitor - The cultural adviser to the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) recently raised the idea of…

Taq Kasra, A Sasanian-Era Persian Monument, Partially Collapses

PayvandNews - On 7 March 2019, parts of Taq Kasra collapsed only two years after the completion of a conservation operation…

Slow Response To Destructive Floods Blamed On Rouhani Government

Radiofarda - The water is subsiding in flood-hit Golestan and Mazandaran provinces in northern Iran, local news outlets reported on…

Governor Bans Officials From Leaving Oil Province Under Threat Of Floods

Radiofarda - While two-third of the city of Aqqala, in northern Iran, is still submerged in water, the governor of…