Iran: Labor Activists Detained Since May Day
HRW - Iranian authorities are holding at least eight activists and journalists arrested during a Labor Day protest on May 1,…
Month: May 2019
British Council Employee Aras Amiri Jailed for Refusing to Spy, Says Cousin
CHRI - The UK-based British Council employee Aras Amiri was jailed in Iran for refusing to spy for the country’s…
Government Unlawfully Failing to Implement Disability Rights Law
CHRI - A year after Parliament ratified the Law for the Protection of the Rights of Persons With Disabilities, the…
Students rally against hijab crackdown at Iran’s largest university
Al-Monitor - The campus of Tehran University, Iran's oldest modern educational center, had a tense dayMay 13 as hundreds of…
Interview with Ashk Dahlen, author of The Persian Empire
PayvandNews - Ashk Dahlen was born in Tehran in 1972 and has lived most of his life in Sweden. He…
U.S. Special Representative Speaks To RFE/RL About The Fujairah Incident
RFE/RL: we've seen the initial reports from U.S. military intelligence saying that it might be Iranian or Iranian-backed proxies states…
Trump Warns Iran It Will ‘Suffer Greatly’ If ‘Something Happens’
Radiofarda - U.S. President Donald Trump today warned that there will "be a bad problem for Iran if something happens",…
Iran Minister’s Remark About Sending Children To War Leads To Outcry
Radiofarda - Recent remarks by Iran’s education minister about 14 million schoolchildren being ready to go to war, has led…
Iran Mulling ‘Drills’ To Deal With Any ‘Threat’ To Internet From U.S.
RFL/RE - Iran is concerned about the U.S. cutting off internet connection to the country and is mulling "drills" to…
Official: Initial US assessment blames Iran for ship attacks
Al-Arabia - An American military team’s initial assessment is that Iranian or Iranian-backed proxies used explosives Sunday to blow large…