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Month: November 2019

US treasury secretary to hold talks in India as pressure builds on Iran

Al-Arabia - US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will hold talks with Indian leaders in New Delhi on Friday, Indian official…

Iraq cleric al-Sistani says foreign actors must not ‘impose will’ on protests

Al-Arabia - Iraq’s top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani warned foreign actors on Friday against interfering in anti-government protests…

Iran Human Rights Monitor Monthly Report – October 2019

Iran-HRM - The month of October was marked by Iran’s crackdown on freedom of expression. Security forces in the southwestern…

U.S. Envoy Says Iran Has Spent $16 Billion To Fund Militias In Syria, Iraq

RFL/RE - Brian Hook, the U.S. special envoy for Iran, says Tehran has spent some $16 billion to fund Shi’ite-led…

US Embassy in Tehran Remains a Monument to Iran Hostage Crisis

VOA - The U.S. Embassy in Tehran remains frozen in 1979 as the 40th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis…

Pakistani Citizen Sentenced to Death in Iran

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A Pakistani citizen who was arrested in Iran around 20 months ago with a murder…

After Baghdadi, Iran Should Be Trump’s Next Priority

gatestoneinstitute.org - President Donald Trump's constant refrain about withdrawing US forces from the Middle East is... an enormous source of…

Iran, Saudi Arabia and the ‘Trump variable’

Radiofarda - An attack on Saudi Arabia’s  Aramco oil facilities Sept. 14 and the subsequent brief slide in Saudi crude output…

Iran’s freestyle wrestling team finishes second at U23 World Championships

PayvandNews - 2018 Cadet World champion and 2019 Junior World silver medalist Amir Hossein ZARE (IRI) followed Nickal's lead, shutting…

Health Official Confirms Widespread HIV Infection In Southwestern Iran

PayvanNews - More than three weeks after the enraged people of a village in southwest Iran poured into streets accusing…