Iran’s Lake Urmia Continues Its Revival Amid Sustained Rains
Iran’s Lake Urmia has been greatly replenished and revived as a result of sustained and at times heavy rains in…
Month: May 2019
Soudabeh The 88th Woman Executed Under Rouhani
Iran-HRM - A young woman identified only as Soudabeh was executed on October 26, 2018, the Iranian state-run ROKNA news agency…
Iranian-Backed Huthi Rebels Start Withdrawal From Yemeni Port Facilities
RFL/RE - Reports from western Yemen say Iranian-backed Huthi rebels have begun withdrawing from two of the three Red Sea…
Iran Hard-Liners’ New Headache: Dancing Schoolchildren
RFL/RE - Iran is facing a major crisis: Its kids enjoy frolicking to banned music despite years of state indoctrination…
Iran Sees Oil Exports Falter, Trade Slump with Germany, US
VOA - U.S. sanctions are biting harder into the Iranian economy, with new signs that Iran’s key oil exports are…
US Sending More Military Power to Counter Iranian Threat
VOA - The United States military is once again increasing its arsenal in the Middle East to counter Iranian threats,…
Iran Rejects Trump’s ‘Call Me’ Invitation
VOA - Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency has quoted a top commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard as saying Tehran will…
Iran: Four Men Executed on Drug-related Charges
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Four prisoners were executed for drug-related charges at Arak prison on April 29, 2019. IHR…
Cleric’s Murder Gives Impetus to Calls for Military Control Over Internet
CHRI - Authorities’ Focus on Political Activists while Violent Individuals Go Unnoticed on Social Media Following the killing of Mostafa Ghasemi,…
Proposal Aims to Allow Authorities to Hold Detainees For at Least 20 Days Without Counsel
CHRI - On May 5, 2019, the Iranian Parliament’s Judicial and Legal Affairs Committee approved a problematic proposal that would allow…