Iran: Prisoner Hanged Charged with Spying for the United States
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Prisoner Jamal Haji-Zavareh who was charged with “spying for the enemy”, was executed in an…
Month: June 2019
Interview With Filmmaker Abdolreza Kahani: “We are Born Into Censorship”
CHRI - In Iran, the Ministry of Guidance and Islamic Culture imposes a strict process of review and approval for…
30 Tehran University Academics Call for Release of Detained Journalist Marzieh Amiri
CHRI - Thirty scholars and researchers at the University of Tehran have called for the release of detained reporter Marzieh…
At Least 40 Detained in Connection With Protests at Ahvaz Sugar Mill
CHRI - A group of workers of the Hafteh Tappeh sugar mill company in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, published a list…
Can fiction help an anti-death penalty campaign in Iran?
Al-Monitor - "The prisoners were all ears while Janyar recounted them an anecdote from [Dostoevsky's] ‘The Idiot.’ One inmate ……
Mired In Corruption, Iranian Neo-Cons Eye 2020 Parliamentary Elections
Radiofarda - Led by Tehran's former mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Iran's neo-cons hope to win a sizeable majority in the…
US envoy for Iran traveling to Middle East: State Department
Al-Arabia - US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook will travel to the Middle East on Wednesday for meetings in…
Arab Deputies Urge UN To List Yemen’s Huthi Movement As ‘Terrorist Organization’
RFL/RE - A group of lawmakers from the Arab bloc have called on the United Nations to label the Iran-backed…
Iran Shoots Down US Drone
VOA - Iran shot down a U.S. drone Thursday in an incident Iranian officials said happened over the country’s territory,…
New Charges Against Atena Daemi And Golrokh Iraee
Iran-HRM - The two-hour trial of Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee was held on Tuesday, June 18, at the 26th…