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Month: February 2021

They Shoot Kolbars, Don’t They?: An IranWire Film

Iranwire - The lead protagonists in this film are Kurdistan and the kolbars of Kurdistan. In one of Iran’s most…

Imprisoned Editor: Kolbars Signify the Collapse of Iran’s Economy

Iranwire - Massoud Kordpour, a human rights activist and editor-in-chief of Mokrian News Agency, describes new IranWire documentary They Shoot Kulbars, Don’t…

Kurdish People Never Said Yes to the Islamic Republic

Iranwire - They Shoot Kolbars, Don’t They? is a new documentary shedding light on decades of poverty and discrimination in one of Iran’s…

White House Emphasizes No Major Change to Iran Policy

VOA - The White House is clarifying its position on Iran after President Joe Biden gave an interview in which…

Prisoners Saeed Naderi and Possible Female Juvenile Offender Executed in Iran

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - A male and a female prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, have been executed in Ardabil…

“I’m not an exile”: Iranian director Keywan Karimi talks returning to the city where he was imprisoned

screendaily.com - Iranian director Keywan Karimi hasn’t had much luck when it comes to attending film festivals. When his feature Drum was…

Citizen Journalist Report: Unemployment, High Prices and a Chaotic Economy

Iranwire - The latest report from the Iran Statistics Center, on poverty and the incomes, says at least 70 percent…

Biden, Iran’s Khamenei Issue Dueling Demands Amid Nuclear Talks Stalemate

RFL/RE - Iran and the United States have deepened their standoff over Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers as the…

IRAN: PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE’S HEALTH AT RISK: HAMED GHAREHOGHLANI

Amnesty - Prisoner of conscience Hamed Gharehoghlani is suffering from symptoms that precede dangerous epileptic seizures due to the authorities’…

Biden: US Won’t Lift Iran Sanctions

VOA - U.S. President Joe Biden says he will not lift economic sanctions against Iran unless Tehran first cuts its…