Hardline Ayatollahs Compare Dervishes To Daesh Militants
RFL/RE - Two senior clerics, officially recognized as grand ayatollahs and sources of emulation by Iran, have compared dervishes to…
Sanctioned Iranian Justice Minister To Speak At UN Human Rights Event
RFL/RE - The UN Human Rights Council is set to open its 37th annual session, which will include a speech…
Iran Arrests Three More Ecologists For Spying
RFL/RE - Iran has arrested three more environmentalists on spying charges, the country's powerful judiciary has said. The arrests on…
Fukuyama: This is how Iran will explode
Al-Arabia - Francis Fukuyama’s lecture at the recent World Government Summit held in Dubai covered three major perspectives. The American…
Iran says will respect UN ceasefire, but continue attacks on ‘terrorist’ areas
Al-Arabia - Iran said attacks would continue on rebel-held areas near Damascus, where clashes were reported on Sunday between insurgents…
Iran: Stop Prosecuting Women Over Dress Code
HRW – Iranian authorities should drop charges and stop prosecuting women for peacefully protesting Iran’s compulsory dress code (hijab) laws,…
After ‘Empty-Handed’ State TV Smear, Dead Iranian Detainee’s Family Fights On
RFL/RE - Kavous Seyed Emami was a U.S.-trained scholar who had been managing director of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation.…
US curbs bid to take Iran off FATF financial blacklist
PayvandNews - The world’s financial watchdog has extended a waiver for punitive measures against Iran for another six months but…
Iran Grounds Aseman ATR Planes Like One That Crashed
RFL/RE - Iran's civil aviation organization has grounded ATR-72 planes belon ging to Aseman Airlines after one of them crashed…
One million birds killed illegally every year at a wildlife site in Iran
Guardian - Conservationists sound alarm over unprecedented slaughter of rare and endangered species by hunters at three lagoons Robin McKie…