“Tea Money” for Contracts: New Study Lifts Lid on Iran’s Bribery Culture
Iranwire - A ground-breaking new study by the transparency initiative Iran Open Data has shed light on the role of…
Month: April 2021
Desertification in Iran: A Ticking Time Bomb?
Iranwire - With the sharp decline in rainfall in Iran, officials in the country’s various water departments are reporting record-breaking…
Iran Wants Nationals Freed from US Jails Amid Nuclear Talks
VOA - Iran said Tuesday it was seeking the release of all Iranian prisoners held in the U.S. amid talks…
China Is Extending Its Totalitarian Controls to the Rest of the World
gatestoneinstitute.org - In the Haidilao Hot Pot restaurant in... Vancouver, more than 60 surveillance cameras watch 30 tables and send…
Habibullah Sheikh-Hosseini Executed on Drug Charges
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Baluch citizen, Habibullah Sheikh-Hossein has been executed on drug-related charges in Sabzevar Prison. According to…
“Show Trials” of Dual Nationals Will Continue Until P5+1 Creates United Front Against Hostage-Taking
CHRI – World powers negotiating with Iran over its nuclear program should present a joint stance against Iran’s cruel and…
Zarif faces fury from Iranian hard-liners after leaked tape
Al-Monitor - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani ordered an investigation April 27 into the leak of an audiotape containing containing confidential statements by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad…
Iran is, again, recommended as a Country of Particular Concern in the 2021 #USCIRFAnnualReport.
Shabtabnews - Iran is, again, recommended as a Country of Particular Concern in the 2021 #USCIRFAnnualReport. https://twitter.com/uscirf/status/1387156338464247809?s=28
Biden Admin Puts Religious Freedom Programs on Hold
realclearpolitics.com - Samantha Power, President Biden’s choice to head the U.S. Agency for International Development, literally wrote the book on…
Iran’s secret tapes: Is Iran’s Zarif really sidelined by the IRGC?
JPost - Leaked recordings are the latest twist in a strange saga that appears to pit Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif…