Iran’s priciest export at risk
Al-monitor - With Iran to its south and Russia to its north and west, the Caspian Sea is not only…
Did Iran’s foreign minister write to Tillerson?
Al-monitor - Iranian hard-line member of parliament Javad Karimi Ghoddousi is one of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's staunch enemies.…
Relatives Mourn Indian Engineer Slain In U.S. After Being Mistaken As Iranian
RFL/RE - Hundreds of grieving relatives and friends of a 32-year-old engineer from Hyderabad, India, have been mourning his death…
Editor of State-Funded News Agency Remains Detained Without Access to Due Process
Iranhumanrights.org - Detained since December 2016, Tahereh Riahi, the social affairs editor of the state-funded Borna News Agency, remains isolated…
Daughter of Imprisoned Rights Lawyer Accuses Intelligence Minister of Blocking His Release
Iranhumanrights.org - The daughter of an imprisoned prominent human rights lawyer has accused Iran's hardline Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi of…
How Iran’s hard-line media reacted to Oscar win
Al-Monitor - On Feb. 27, around six in the morning, many Iranians were awake waiting to see if Iran would…
Mother Teresa of Iran Passes away at 91
PayvandNews - Ashraf Qandehari-Bahadorzadeh was a humanitarian and the co-founder of the Kahrizak nursing home, south of Tehran. She had devoted her…
Unpacking Iranian Director Farhadi’s Oscar-Night Balancing Act
RFL/RE - Iranian director Asghar Farhadi won rave notices ahead of winning his second Oscar, for the taut "neorealist" suspense film The…
IMF hails Iran’s post-sanctions economic performance
PayvandNews - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has hailed Iran's ability to achieve what it has described as an impressive…
Former MP Demands That Iran Implement Right of Ethnic Minorities to Preserve Languages
Iranhumanrights.org - A former member of Parliament and Iranian-Kurdish rights activist, Jalal Jalalizadeh, has strongly criticized the Islamic Republic's refusal…