Man Arrested for Claiming to be the Twelfth Shiite Imam
Iranwire - A man has been arrested in Iran for posting a video of himself online in clerical garb and…
Month: April 2022
Elite Students Ali Younesi and Amirhossein Moradi Sentenced to 16 Years Imprisonment
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - Elite students Ali Younesi and Amirhossein Moradi who were held in pretrial detention for two…
Iran says nuclear talks not suspended
Al-Monitor - Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Monday that talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal have not been suspended,…
Brent crude falls nearly 10%, OPEC basket drops slightly
Al-Monitor - Global oil prices have fallen significantly in recent days. The price of Brent crude oil — considered the…
Iran urges new nuclear meet ‘as soon as possible’
Al-Arabia - Iran called on Monday for a new meeting “as soon as possible” in the talks that have been…
Global Defense Spending Reaches New Record; Iran Ranked In Top 15, Says New Report
RFL/RE - Global defense spending rose again in 2021, topping $2 trillion for the first time as Russia beefed up…
Why Tehran is Rolling Out the Red Carpet for the UN’s Sanctions Rapporteur
Iranwire - The UN’s Human Rights Office has announced that Alena Douhan, the Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures, will visit Tehran from…
Bahman Samandari: The Baha’i Executed 24 Hours After His Arrest
Iranwire - Ebrahim Raisi, then Tehran’s Revolutionary Prosecutor, now President Raisi responded in a 1992 interview to United Nations accusations regarding…
Iran Guards Seize Ship Smuggling Fuel in Gulf, State Media Say
VOA —Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized a foreign vessel smuggling fuel in the Persian Gulf and arrested its crew members, state…
Blinken Calls on Iran to Release Detained American
VOA -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Iran on Saturday to release an American citizen he said has been…