Iranian Opposition Leader Mehdi Karroubi Goes on Hunger Strike to Challenge Arrest
Radiozamaneh - Mehdi Karroubi, one of the opposition leaders of Iran's Green Movement who has been under house arrest since 2010…
IRAN: Six Inmates at Rajaee Shahr Prison Punished With Solitary Confinement For Going on Hunger Strike
CHRI -Prisoners Protest Transfer to High-Security Ward Without Medicine or Clothes Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj. More than 50 political…
Iranian Soccer Body Says Star Players Not Banned for Playing Against Israeli Team
CHRI - NO Decision" Ruling Issued Following Social Media Public Outcry After days of public outcry over an Iranian official's declaration…
Moscow Voices Hope Iran Won’t Quit Nuclear Deal
RFL/RE - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that Moscow hopes Iran will not quit the agreement reached in 2015…
Turkey, Iran Voice Opposition To Kurdish Independence Vote In Rare Visit
RFL/RE - Turkey and Iran have voiced strong opposition to a referendum on Kurdish independence scheduled next month in neighboring Iraq…
Iran chief of staff in Turkey for talks on Syria, Iraq
Al-Arabia - Iran’s chief of staff arrived in Ankara Tuesday for “unprecedented” talks with Turkey’s leadership reportedly aimed at narrowing differences…
Iran’s Rouhani warns the US: ‘We can quit the nuclear deal’
Al-Arabia - President Hassan Rouhani warned on Tuesday that Iran could abandon its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers within hours…
Iran: Raising the Death Penalty Bar
HRW — The Iranian parliament on August 13, 2017 approved a long-awaited amendment to the country's drug law that significantly raises…
Iran: Scheduled execution of man arrested as teenager is an all-out assault on children’s rights
Amnesty - The planned execution on Wednesday morning of Mehdi Bohlouli, who was only a child at the time of the…
Women’s Rights Activist Demands Rouhani Provide Reasons for His Exclusively Male Cabinet
CHRI - President Hassan Rouhani must explain why he didn't nominate women to serve in his new cabinet, feminist researcher Nahid…