In Sign Of Deepening Ties, Taliban Increases Afghanistan’s Water Flow To Iran
RFL/RE - Iran helped the United States topple the Taliban’s brutal regime in Afghanistan in 2001.But more than 20 years…
Month: January 2022
Iran Arrests 17 Over Social-Media Video Pranks
RFL/RE - Iranian police say they have arrested 17 people suspected of filming candid-camera pranks that boosted their social-media followings…
Thirty More Iranian Officials Accused in London of November 2019 Crimes
Iranwire - A second round of hearings in a landmark “people’s tribunal” examining potential crimes against humanity in the November 2019…
Anousheh Ashouri’s Hunger Strike: “This Time it’s Different”
Iranwire - Barry Rosen’s recent hunger strike in Vienna inspired a new campaign of activism. Among those inspired to show…
Mounting Charges and Phone Bans: What Atena and Family Endured
Iranwire - Civil rights activist Atena Daemi was released from Lakan Prison in Rasht on the evening of Monday, January 24, 2022.…
As Iran Nears Uranium Breakout Capacity, US Mulls Bomb-Making Scenarios
VOA - With the United States warning that Iran is just weeks from developing the capacity to make a nuclear…
Iran denying medical care to political prisoner with COVID-19 symptoms
Iran-HRM - Political prisoner Payam Shakiba has been denied access to proper medical treatment despite contracting Covid-19 at Tehran’s notorious…
Iran’s 40 year legacy of executing athletes
Iran-HRM - In stark contrast to developed countries where athletes are honored, their situation in Iran is way below the…
Iranian press calls direct talks with US a ‘trap’
Al-Monitor - After Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian opened the door for the possibility of direct Iran-US talks if there…
Call the Houthis What They Are — Foreign Terrorists
gatestoneinstitute.org - Following last week's Abu Dhabi attack, Biden said he will consider reversing the decision. That would be the…