Iranian virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor receives prestigious WOMEX Artist Award
PayvandNews - Internationally-acclaimed Iranian virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor has won the WOMEX 19 Artist Award for "bringing the Persian classical music tradition to…
Month: October 2019
IMF Forecasts A Big Budget Deficit For Iran Amid Slump In Oil Exports
Radiofarda - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its Middle East and North Africa Regional Economic Outlook report says Iran…
Insiders Accuse IRGC Intelligence Chief Of Corruption, Illegal Activities
Radiofarda - Mohammad Hossein Rostami, a hardline activist in jail in Iran, has released an audio file in which he…
Iran Security Forces Blocking Roads To Prevent Cyrus Day Gathering
Security forces in Iran have closed major routes leading to historic Pasargadae, the site of Cyrus the Great’s tomb in…
Hundreds Of People Suffering Respiratory Problems After Acid Rains In Iran
Radiofarda - Hundreds of people suffering from respiratory problems have visited the medical centers in the city of Ahvaz in…
Iran Officials Downplay Killing Of IS Leader Al-Baghdadi
Radiofarda - The spokesman of Iran's foreign ministry on Monday said in an interview that killing Islamic State group leader…
US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin says US will ramp up economic pressure on Iran
Al-Arabia - US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday that the United States will increase economic pressure on Iran…
Iran Arrests 52 People for Attending Mixed Gender Party in Northeast City
Iran-HRM - Iranian police have detained 52 men and women at a mixed-gender party in the northeastern city of Mashhad, the state-run ROKNA news…
Kurdish Political Prisoner Zeinab Jalalian Denied Medical Care Despite Serious Health Issues
Iran-HRM - Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian who has been imprisoned for nearly 12 years, continues to be denied specialist…
Lawyer: No Evidence Against Two French Researchers Held In Iran
RFL/RE - An Iranian lawyer representing two French researchers in custody in Tehran says that prosecutors have given no evidence…