Memo to Zarif: Stop Taking Dual Nationals as Hostages
CHRI – Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s statement today that he has the “authority” to exchange Iranian-Americans imprisoned in Iran with…
Former Basij Paramilitary Member Sentenced to 13 Years for Creating Online Group
CHRI - Kamal Jafari Yazdi Had a Change of Heart After the 2009 Protests Kamal Jafari Yazdi, a former staunch…
25 People Arrested at Mixed-Gender Party in Iran
CHRI - Twenty-five women and men were arrested at a private party near the Iranian city of Gorgan, Golestan Province, on…
Forget oil sanctions, end of nuclear cooperation waivers could quietly kill Iran deal
Al-Monitor - Much of the current debate on the Donald Trump administration’s “maximum pressure campaign" against Iran concerns its decision not…
Iran leadership shrugs off US oil sanctions, pledges response
Al-Monitor - "Their efforts will end nowhere. We are able to export as much oil as we need and wish,"…
Mixed Reaction To U.S. Pressure On Iran, While Tehran Remains Silent
Radiofarda - Two days after the United States announced the elimination of exemptions for buying Iranian oil, announced April 22,…
Strait of Hormuz: The World’s Most Important Oil Artery
VOA - Iran has said it would block the Strait of Hormuz if it was barred from using the strategic…
Imprisoned University Student Starts Hunger Strike For Lack Of Medical Care
Iran_HRM - Imprisoned university student Mojtaba Dadashi has started a hunger strike since April 23, in protest against the denial…
Saudi Calls For Pressure On Iran After U.S. Ends Oil Exemptions
Radiofarda - Saudi Arabia on Tuesday called for international pressure to be kept up on Tehran after a US decision…
Leader Of ‘Deviant’ Iran Sect Freed After Years In Prison
Radiofarda - The leader of a "deviant" spiritual movement whose repeated death sentences drew international condemnation has been freed after…