Ex-minister Mohhamad-Ali Najafi elected new Tehran Mayor
PavandNews - Mohhamad-Ali Najafi has been elected Thursday as Tehran mayor following a vote at the City Council as the Iranian…
Statement on a Comprehensive Policy to Constrain Iran
PyavandNews - On August 8, 2017, a bipartisan group of 47 national security leaders issued a statement recommending a comprehensive Iran…
Health Tourism Could Fetch Iran 7 Billion Dollars A Year
PayvandNews - The Iranian minister of cooperatives, labor and social welfare has said that the country has a potential to earn…
‘We hate the headscarf’: can women find freedom in Tehran’s female-only parks?
Guardian - Parks exclusively for women are popping up in Iranian cities, but critics are divided over whether this is just…
IS In Video Threatens To Stage New Attacks In Iran
RFL/RE - The Islamic State (IS) extremist group has posted a video threatening new attacks in Tehran and calling on…
U.S. Ambassador To Visit UN Watchdog On Iran Nuclear Deal
RFL/RE -Reuters reports that U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley will travel to Vienna this month to discuss…
Iranian Police Arrest Dozens Of ‘Half-Naked’ Youths At Pool Party
RFL/RE - Iranian police have detained dozens of young people at a pool party near the central city of Isfahan that…
Workers at Iranian Sugarcane Company Summoned to Court After Protesting Unpaid Wages
CHRI - Fifty-three workers of Iran's Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Agro Industrial Company who have been peacefully demanding back pay and benefits since July…
Prominent Labor Activist Returns to Prison After Medical Leave “Unapproved” by Prosecutor
CHRI - Almost three years after he was released, prominent labor activist Reza Shahabi has returned to prison to serve the remainder of…
Iran: Man arrested at just 15 is hours away from execution
Amnesty - The Iranian authorities must halt the imminent execution of Alireza Tajiki who was arrested as a child, said Amnesty…