Sharia Restrictions On Adoptions In Iran Lead To Buying And Selling Babies
Radiofarda - Iranian media on Wednesday reported that police in Tehran have arrested three people for selling babies online for…
Month: June 2020
U.S. Makes Case For Maintaining Arms Embargo On Iran, Citing ‘Malign Activity’
RFL/RE - The United States has formally asked the UN Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Iran beyond…
U.S. Says Terrorist Threats Persist, Citing Iran’s Rising Support For Extremists
RFL/RE - The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump says "dangerous terrorist threats persisted" in 2019 even as Iran, the…
Son Of Prominent Afghan Scholar Self-Immolates In Iran To Protest Discrimination
RFL/RE - Celebrated Afghan scholar Najib Mayel Heravi has lived in neighboring Iran for nearly 50 years, penning scores of…
Turkey Says Soldier Killed After Coming Under Fire From Across Iranian Border
RFL/RE - Turkey's Defense Ministry says one Turkish soldier has been killed and two others wounded in the southeastern part…
Civil Activist in southwest Iran Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison
Iran-HRM - Adel Asakereh, a civil activist teaching in rural areas in Khuzestan, was sentenced to nine years in jail…
Pompeo: US Sanctions 5 Iranian Ship Captains for Bringing Oil to Venezuela
VOA - The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on five Iranian ship captains who had delivered oil to Venezuela,…
Prominent Teachers’ Rights Activist Facing Additional Years in Prison
CHRI - Imprisoned teachers’ rights activist Esmail Abdi, who has been serving a six-year prison sentence since 2016 for his peaceful…
Urgent: Political Prisoner, Hedayat Abdullahpour executed ”by firing squad”
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Officials at the Oshnavieh Civil Registration Office have finally issued Hedayat Abdullahpour’s death certificate to…
Rouhani says talks with US possible any moment after ‘apology’
Al-Monitor - At a Cabinet meeting in Tehran June 24, President Hassan Rouhani said Tehran is open to negotiations “as soon as the White…