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Month: February 2020

Iran Executions: At Least Four People Hanged in Zahedan

Iran Human Right (IHR) - At least four people were hanged in Zahedan city, capital of Sistan and Baluchestan province,…

Coronavirus in Iran: Health Experts Question Officially Reported Infection Numbers

CHRI - Grave Concerns Mounting Amid Rising Death Toll, Fears of Regional Outbreak Amid a rising death toll in Iran…

Coronavirus: Citing Crowded Prisons, Renowned Attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Husband Calls for Release of Political Prisoners

CHRI - Reza Khandan, a women’s rights activist and the husband of prominent imprisoned human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh, has called…

Israel’s Election: What Do the Iranians and Palestinians Want?

gatestoneinstitute.org - The Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank and Hamas in the Gaza Strip seem to have endorsed…

Iran’s Election Result Has Seriously Undermined the Ayatollahs’ Credibility

gatestoneinstitute.org - In many respects the ayatollahs only have themselves to blame for this dire outcome. Prior to the poll…

How Iran became a hot zone for coronavirus in Middle East

LA Times - Like many Iranians scared about contracting the deadly coronavirus, Omid Rahimi has been reading the news, tracking…

Iranian rial plunges as coronavirus threatens export lifeline

Reuters - Iran’s rial hit a one-year low against the dollar on Wednesday as a sharp rise in coronavirus cases…

Iran Takes Measure To Prevent Coronavirus Spreading To Prisons

Radiofarda - The Head of Iran's Prisons Organization on Wednesday ordered prison wardens to take special measures to prevent the…

Rouhani Again Blames ‘Enemies’, Resists Closures To Prevent Coronavirus

Radiofarda - The implications of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak in Iran for Iranian authorities seem to go far beyond only…

Canadian Researchers Say 18,000 People Might Be Infected With Coronavirus In Iran

Radiofarda - A group of University of Toronto scientists and doctors have published an article offering an estimate that based…