Nasrin Sotoudeh, Attorney Who Defended Hijab Protesters, Convicted of “National Security” Crimes
CHRI - Prominent Human Rights Defender Was Facing Decades in Prison, Sentence Unclear The Center for Human Rights in Iran…
UN Environment Calls on Iran to Guarantee “Fair, Transparent” Trial for Eight Conservationists
CHRI - Following is the statement by the United Nations Environment Programme: UN Environment continues to be concerned by the on-going…
Autistic Children in Iran Segregated and Punished for Having Learning Disabilities
CHRI - Responding to news of an autistic child being treated inhumanely in a school, Iranian officials blamed the child…
Exodus by big firms pushes Iran toward smaller Chinese enterprises
Al-Monitor - China is still Iran's top trade partner, leading oil customer, a key technology exporter, a major political ally and…
Iranian forum looks to address so-called ‘sexual crisis’
Al-Monitor — A 1970s building on Tehran’s Enghelab (Revolution) Avenue that ends in Azadi (Liberty) Square has recently been the…
Iran’s government under fire for subsidizing pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia
Al-Monitor - The Iranian government has approved a generous plan to facilitate participation in the hajj, offering Saudi-bound travelers the…
Triumph of Self-Empowerment over Darkened Despotic Tyranny
PayvandNews - Legend has it that once upon a distant past juncture, ZaHawk a mythological, tyrannical, unjust, and cruel despot, ruled…
Q&A: Why Iranian conservationists are facing ‘ludicrous’ spying charges
sciencemag - With the fates of eight conservationists jailed in Iran on espionage charges hanging in the balance, a campaign…
Revolutionary Guards commander flexes political muscle
Reuters - Qassem Soleimani’s role in a political crisis in Iran highlights the influence of the leader of the Revolutionary…
Prince Turki al-Faisal: US pullout from Syria will ‘create a vacuum’ for Iran
Al-Arabia - In an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya English, Prince Turki al-Faisal, Chairman of the King Faisal Center for…