IRAN: AHWAZI ARAB MEN AT RISK OF EXECUTION: ABDULLAH KARMOLLAH CHAB AND GHASSEM ABDULLAH
Amnesty - Abdullah Karmollah Chab and Ghassem Abdullah, from Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority, are facing the death penalty following a…
Rouhani Official Met With Students Protesting Law That Criminalizes Social Media Activities
CHRI - An adviser to President Hassan Rouhani was met with protesters at Allameh Tabataba’i University in Tehran on May 1, 2019,…
UN Urges Iran to Release Imprisoned American Scholar Xiyue Wang
CHRI - UN experts firmly request Iran to immediately release American academic Xiyue Wang, whose arbitrary detention for nearly three…
Official Admits to “Defeated” Attempt to Move Iranians Over to State-Sponsored Messaging Apps
CHRI - One year after Iran blocked access to the Telegram messaging app, used by a reported 40 million users,…
How US sanctions facilitate Turkish-Iranian understanding on Syria
Al-Arabia - US President Donald Trump’s recent decision not to extend the sanctions waivers for the purchase of Iranian oil has…
Iran’s Judiciary Says It Was Not Involved In Any Prisoner Exchange Talks
Radiofarda - While the spokesman of the Islamic Republic judiciary insists that it has not been involved in any talks…
Iran Sentences Seven Bahais To Three Years In Jail Each For Their Religious Beliefs
Radiofarda - The Revolutionary Court in Bushehr, in southern Iran, has sentenced seven members of the Bahai religious minority to…
INSTEX Unlikely To Meet Anti-Money-Laundering Norms -U.S.
Radiofarda - The United States said on Tuesday that European powers are unlikely to live up to a pledge to…
Israel won’t let Iran get nuclear weaponry, says Netanyahu
Al-Arabia - Israel will not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weaponry, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, reiterating a…
Iran tells Russia its partial roll back of nuclear deal is legal
Al-Arabia - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told his Russian counterpart on Wednesday that Tehran’s decision to reduce some…