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Month: August 2021

U.S. Envoy Raises Doubts About Tehran’s Intent To Come Back To 2015 Nuclear Deal

RFL/RE - The U.S. special envoy for Iran says Washington has started to question whether Tehran is still willing to…

Investigation: How Tehran Supported Bashar al-Assad’s Presidential Campaign in Syria

iranwire - The Iranian regime has been openly supportive of Bashar al-Assad’s despotic regime in Syria ever since the outset…

Iran Reports New Daily Record For COVID-19 Deaths Amid Surge Of Delta Variant

RFL/RE - Iran has reported a record daily 709 deaths from COVID-19 as the country struggled with yet another surge…

Record-Breaking Inflation Confronts Raisi’s New Presidency

Iranwire - President Ebrahim Raisi starts his presidency this month as Iran’s inflation rate has exceeded 45 percent – a record over…

Saeed Namaki’s Farewell Letter as Health Minister Delays Vaccine Delay Explanations

Iranwire - The Minister of Health of Hassan Rouhani's former government, Saeed Namaki, said in a letter on his last…

Israel Expected to Push Hard-line Stance on Iran in Talks With US

VOA - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is expected to urge his American counterpart to take a hard-line stance on…

Iran: Leaked video footage from Evin prison offers rare glimpse of cruelty against prisoners

amnesty.org - Leaked surveillance footage from Evin prison showing appalling abuse of prisoners serves as a chilling reminder of the…

Fact Sheet: LGBTQ Community in Iran Faces Deadly Violence and Severe Rights Abuses

CHRI —In a new LGBTQ Fact Sheet published today by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), the extreme rights violations…

Raisi’s foreign minister pick indicates change for Iranian policy

Al-Monitor - Iran’s Islamic Consultative Assembly, or parliament, will consider President Ebrahim Raisi’s Cabinet on Aug. 25. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the…

Iran’s Prison Chief Apologizes After Leaked Abuse Videos

RFL/RE - In a rare admission by Iranian authorities, the head of the country's prisons apologized for "unacceptable behavior" in…