Ahwazi Arab Dissident Poet Suspiciously Dies in Iranian Hospital
Iran-HRM - A young popular dissident poet has died in hospital – sparking impromptu protests and vigils from hundreds of…
Month: November 2019
Iranian Political Prisoner Begins Fresh Hunger Strike in Tehran Jail
Iran-HRM - Soheil Arabi, a political prisoner held in Evin Prison, has gone on hunger strike to demand treatment for…
Textbook Changes: Iranian Fighter Slain In Syria May Replace Literary Giant Omar Khayyam
RFL/RE - Omar Khayyam is considered a giant of Persian poetry. His poems have been part of Iran's school curriculum…
Rohani Touts Arms Sales As Benefit If Iran Sticks To 2015 Nuclear Deal
RFL/RE - Iranian President Hassan Rohani, in a thinly veiled appeal to hard-liners, says staying in a 2015 nuclear deal…
EU Labors to Keep Nuclear Deal Alive After New Iran Moves
VOA - European Union foreign ministers on Monday debated ways to keep the Iran nuclear deal intact after the Islamic…
UN Urges Electoral Reforms, Release of Protesters in Iraq
VOA - The United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq warned Sunday of the need for timely, tangible results in the…
Iran: Man Hanged at Shiraz Prison
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A man was hanged at the central prison of Shiraz city last Monday. According to…
Rouhani Heckled During Speech, Shoots Back At Iran’s Hardliners
Radiofarda - Demonstrators protesting President Hassan Rouhani’s policies heckled Iran's president during a speech in the city of Yazd in…
Iran Rejects Reports Of IAEA Finding Traces Of Uranium At A Site
Reuters -Iran's Foreign Ministry on Sunday rejected as a "trap" reports that the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N.'s nuclear…
Outspoken Political Prisoner In Iran Moved To Unknown Location
Radiofarda - The Islamic Republic authorities have moved an outspoken political prisoner, Farhad Maysami, from Tehran's infamous Evin prison to…