Rohani Corruption Spat Could Herald Rough-And-Tumble Iranian Presidential Campaign
RFL/RE - President Hassan Rohani has traded barbs with hard-line officials from Iran's judiciary in a highly public spat in…
Footprints of Prehistoric Industry around Persian Gulf
PayvandNews - Objects unearthed in the historical site of Tom Maroon, in Hormuzgan Province on the Persian Gulf, indicate that…
Earthquake Kills Afghan Laborers In Iran
RFL/RE - Iranian media has reported that a magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit a village in the country's south, killing four…
Iran’s First Female Judge and Nobel Laureate Calls for Resignation of Judiciary Chief
Shirin Ebadi: Interrogators Make Decisions for the Judges Amid the ongoing wave of life-threatening hunger strikes by political prisoners in…
Should Iran worry about Putin throwing it under the bus?
Al-monitor - US President-elect Donald Trump's foreign policy approach remains a big question mark. With his nomination of a secretary…
Iran hard-liners ask judiciary to detain president’s brother
Al-monitor - A group of Iranian members of parliament has asked for the younger brother of moderate President Hassan Rouhani…
Vitol, World’s Largest Oil Trader, loans One Billion Dollars To Iran
PayvandNews - The world's largest independent oil trader Vitol has signed a deal to provide Iran with a major loan worth $1…
Iran Says Japan’s Inpex Tipped To Win Azadegan Oil Field Contract
PayvandNews - A top Iranian official says Japan's top energy developer Inpex is a strong candidate for winning a contract…
Iran Says Turkey’s Syria Truce Violation Claims ‘Unconstructive’
RFL/RE - Iran has called Turkey's claims that Tehran's allies are violating a cease-fire in Syria as "unconstructive," accusing Syrian…
70 spies doing time in Tehran jails
Al-Arabia - The chief prosecutor of Tehran has revealed that there are as many as 70 spies serving sentences in…