Three Young Men to Serve 12 Years in Prison For “Insulting” Social Media Posts
CHRI - Three 24-year-olds have been sentenced to 12 years in prison each in Iran for posting critical commentary about…
Female Former Council Member Advocates For Women Candidates in Iran’s Local Elections
CHRI - Political parties and factions in Iran should promote more women candidates in the country's local council elections to…
Supporters Urge For Release of Ailing Iranian-Americans Siamak and Baquer Namazi Imprisoned in Iran
CHRI - The American lawyer representing ailing Iranian-Americans Siamak Namazi and his father, Baquer, serving 10-year sentences in Iran for…
Conservative presidential candidate paints bleak picture of Iran
Al-monitor - In the first televised interview of the six Iranian candidates approved to run in the presidential election, Ebrahim Raisi, the custodian…
Foreign tourist spent $32B in Iran in last four years
PayvandNews - Foreign tourists have spent some $32 billion in Iran over the past four years, said an official with…
Iran launches national fiber optic connectivity plan
PayvandNews - Iran has launched an ambitious project to connect houses to a nationwide fiber optic network - what the…
Ten Iranian Guards At Border With Pakistan Reported Killed By Sunni Militants
RFL/RE - Ten Iranian border guards were killed by Sunni militants in a cross-border attack on the frontier with Pakistan…
Israel Wants U.S. To Ensure Iranian Forces Don’t Stay In Syria, Minister Tells Reuters
RFL/RE - Israel is seeking an "understanding" with the Trump administration that Iran must not be allowed to establish a…
Murky details emerge of the deal that Obama struck with Iran
Al-Arabia - More than a year ago on January 17, 2016, then President Barack Obama announced on TV the nuclear…
Iran’s Other Elections: Local Council Applicants Subjected to Arbitrary Vetting
CHRI - In a surprising development, a few outspoken and prominent political activists have been approved to run in Iran's elections…