Why is Khamenei Still Calling on People to Vote?
Iranwire - The Iranian presidential election of June 18, 2021 is set to be characterized by a mass boycott. Among…
Month: June 2021
Iran Prepares for Presidential Election Amid Economic Crisis, Nuclear Tensions
VOA - Iranians go to the polls Friday to choose a new president. But with international monitors banned, critics say…
Ill-treated prisoner of conscience Hossein Sepanta denied medical care
Iran-HRM - Ill-treated prisoner of conscience Hossein Sepanta denied medical care Hossein Sepanta a critically ill prisoner of conscience in Adelabad…
Germany’s Failed Hezbollah Ban
gatestoneinstitute.org - In retrospect, Germany's much-vaunted Hezbollah ban appears to have been little more than a publicity stunt aimed at…
Biden urged to secure release of Americans left behind in Iran
Al-Monitor - Amid intensifying speculation over a prisoner exchange between the United States and Iran, the family of Siamak and…
Iran’s conservative candidates step aside to support Raisi
Al-Monitor - In his final speech before Iran’s presidential election on June 18, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged Iranians to…
Reformist Candidate Drops Out Of Iran’s Presidential Election
RFL/RE - One of two reformists approved to run in Iran's June 18 presidential election has withdrawn his candidacy. Iranian…
Ebrahim Raeesi: The Case for the Prosecution
Iranwire - “I am worried about the judgment that posterity and history will pass upon us.” These words were spoken…
Eighteen Months On, Not One Official Accepts Responsibility for November 2019 Killings
Iranwire - In November 2019 protests erupted across Iran, prompted by Iranian authorities’ sudden decision to raise the price of…
Mohammad Pourmand: They Arrested Me because I Tweeted “Don’t Kill People”
Iranwire - Mohammad Pourmand lived and worked his entire life as an air conditioner repairman in Iran. Then he was…