Monir Farmanfarmaian, 96, Dies; Artist Melded Islam and the Abstract
NYT - Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, an Iranian artist whose mirror-encrusted geometric compositions drew on both Islamic architecture and the abstractions…
Iran’s Changing of the Guards
foreignpolicy.com - On April 21, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) got a new leader: Brig. Gen. Hossein Salami, who…
Police Arrest At Least 35 Workers, 2 Reporters In May Day Protest In Tehran
Reports from Tehran say police have violently dispersed a Labor Day demonstration in front of the Iranian Parliament (Majles) in…
Iran Again Voices Support For Maduro And Calls For Talks
Radiofarda - Iran has reacted to the flare up of tensions and violence in Venezuela by reiterating its support for…
Is U.S. Ready For A Fight With Iran?
Radiofarda - The United States announced last week that it would not renew sanctions waivers it has granted countries that…
Iran Will Start Rationing Heavily Subsidized Gasoline
Radiofarda - Subsidized gasoline in Iran will be rationed from May 3 and each driver will have a right to…
Price Of Bread Jumps Threefold In Iran
Radiofarda - The state-run Iranian Students News Agency ISNA reported an unusual rise in the price of bread in Iran…
Rouhani Calls On Iran Workers To Produce More To Defeat U.S. Sanctions
Radiofarda - The Islamic Republic President Hassan Rouhani accused Washington on, April 30, of indirectly pressuring working class people of…
Iran criticizes US plan to designate Brotherhood as a terrorist organization
Al-Arabia - Iran criticized a US plan to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad…
U.S. Special Envoy To Brief UN Security Council On Iran Policy
RFL/RE - The U.S. special representative for Iran is traveling to the United Nations to update permanent members of the…