U.S. Sanctions Have Idled A Quarter Of Iran’s Oil Rigs
Reuters - At least a quarter of Iran's oil rigs are out of action as U.S. sanctions strangle the Islamic…
Month: March 2020
Local Officials In Iran Call For Lockdowns As Coronavirus Infections, Deaths Soar
Radiofarda - The number of Iranian patients infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) soared during the past day and reached…
Coronavirus: Five Iranian IRGC members dead
Al-Arabia -Five members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have died from coronavirus, IRGC spokesman Ramezan Sharif said on…
U.S. Demands Release Of U.S. Citizens In Iran As Federal Court Rules On Missing FBI Agent
RFL/RE - The United States has called on Iran to “immediately release on humanitarian grounds” all U.S. citizens who are…
UN Expert Alarmed by Detention Conditions in the Wake of Recent Protests
CHRI -– Individuals detained in Iranian detention facilities are suffering from serious human rights violations and the situation of those…
A cleric’s cure for coronavirus becomes butt of jokes in Iran
Al-Monitor - Amid anxieties in Iran over the coronavirus outbreak and a flurry of precautions to prevent its spread, a controversial…
How Iran’s next parliament will affect foreign policy
Al-Monitor - As expected, conservatives (known as Principlists) won Iran's parliamentary election Feb. 21 with about 85% of the vote.…
Precious stolen work by Persian poet Hafez, now recovered, will be sold
theguardian.com - After much intrigue, one of the earliest copies of the 14th-century author’s revered Divan, illuminated with gold, to…
European Film Community Protests Mohammad Rasoulof’s Imminent Arrest
indiewire.com - Cannes and the European Film Academy are among organizations protesting the Iranian filmmaker's prison sentence. Mohammad Rasoulof Francois…
IOPHR’s Request to UN Special Rapporteur on Iran to push for release of all political prisoners due to the rapid spread of coronavirus
Shabtabtab - Today the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) in a letter sent to Dr Javaid Rehman, (The…