IRGC Claims it Thwarted US Oil Confiscation in the Gulf of Oman
Iranwire - Iranian state media has reported a confrontation between a US vessel and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in…
Month: November 2021
“Rancid”: Iranian Newspaper Close to IRGC Lashes Out at South Korean Ambassador
Iranwire - The Iranian hardline newspaper Javan, which is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has called the South…
‘Water Jihad Council’ Launched as 25,000 Villages Go Without Drinking Water
Iranwire - Tens of thousands of rural villages across Iran don't have adequate drinking water, the Minister of Energy has revealed. Announcing the creation…
Documents Reveal Evin Prison’s Response to November 2019 Unrest
Iranwire - Cyber-activists behind an apparent hack of Evin Prison’s CCTV cameras that made global headlines in August have reportedly…
Prisoner dies in a hospital in Urmia after his eye was removed
Iran-HRM - Iraq Alizadeh was tied to the bed despite dire health; his cuffs were not removed until several hours…
Iranian Political Prisoner Sets Himself on Fire to Be Heard
CHRI - Mehdi Darini, a political prisoner in Tehran’s Evin Prison, set himself on fire on October 27, 2021, after…
Plight of Iranian environmentalists raised at Glasgow summit
Al-Monitor - As world leaders convened in the Scottish city of Glasgow to discuss challenges and solutions on climate change,…
Iranian Foreign Minister Quarantines After Testing Positive For COVID-19
RFL/RE - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has tested positive for COVID-19, the Foreign Ministry has announced. "His general condition…
Watchdog Blasts Iranian Bill To Further Restrict Internet
RFL/RE - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is expressing concern over reports that an Iranian Internet bill seen as…
Poverty Rate in Iran ‘Doubled’ in Three Years
Iranwire - A new report by the Statistical Center of Iran has now put the inflation rate of imported goods at more…