White House Moves To Defend Iran-Sanctions Deal With China’s ZTE
RFL/RE - The White House is moving to defend U.S. President Donald Trump's deal allowing Chinese telecom giant ZTE to…
Assad Says He Needs Iranian, Hizballah Forces To Stay In Syria
RFL/RE - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said he needs the assistance of Iranian and Hizballah forces in Syria and…
Iranian Authorities Respond to Labour Protests with Scores of Arrests
Radioamaneh - Fifty protesting workers of Ahwaz Steel National Industrial Group participating in protests on Monday June 11 were arrested…
EP Vice President and Chair of Subcommittee on Human Rights call for immediate release of Sakharov laureate Nasrin Sotoudeh
Iran Human Rights - Following the arrest of Ms Nasrin Sotoudeh, EP Vice-President Heidi Hautala (Greens/EFA, FI) and Chair of…
How Russia-Israel engagement is benefiting Iran
Al-Monitor - On June 9, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the…
Iran’s Khatami urged to launch ‘reforms within reform movement’
Al-Monitor - An open letter addressed to two-time president (1997-2005) and Reformist icon Mohammad Khatami, urging him to salvage the political movement…
Iran Arrests Prominent Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
RFL/RE - Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been arrested in the country’s capital, her husband says. (more…)
Scores of students kicked out of Iranian universities for their religion
Al-Arabia - Tens of college students have been kicked out of their universities over the past months because of being…
Iran Police Arrest Dozens Of Unpaid Steel Workers In Ahvaz Demos
Radiofarda - Iranian police have arrested “dozens of steel workers” in Ahwaz during Monday night and Tuesday June 12. (more…)
Political Prisoner Soheil Arabi Tried In Closed Court
Iran-HRM - Political prisoner Soheil Arabi, held at the Great Tehran Penitentiary, was tried on June 10, by the 28th…