‘Back to Square One’: Health Ministry Comfirms Sixth Wave of Coronavirus in Iran
Iranwire -- The Ministry of Health and Medical Education has formally announced a “sixth wave” of coronavirus infections is under…
Iran urged to release rights defender Narges Mohmmadi
Al-Monitor - Human Rights Watch called on Iran to "immediately and unconditionally" release Narges Mohmmadi, a prominent human rights campaigner sent back…
HRW Urges Iran To ‘Immediately And Unconditionally’ Release Rights Defender Mohammadi
FFL/RE - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned a new prison sentence handed to prominent Iranian human rights defender Narges…
Iran Beats Iraq 1-0, Qualifying for Qatar World Cup
Iranwire - Iran has qualified for the FIFA World Cup competitions in Qatar with a 1-0 victory over Iraq at…
State TV Hacked by Iranian Opposition
Iranwire - Iranian state TV was subjected to a rare disruption by hackers on Thursday in a strike attributed to…
Rouhani-era Officials Cry Foul as Third Humanities Professor Sacked
Iranwire -- Sociology professor Mohammad Fazeli was widely reported in Iranian media this week to have been dismissed from his…
Iran’s Great Petrochemical Corruption Scandal, Part I: The Ones That Got Away
Iranwire - The verdict in a massive corruption case involving the Iran Petrochemical Commercial Company (PCC) was announced on September 5, 2021.…
Biden Greenlights South Korean Release of Funds to Politically Connected Iranian Firm
fdd.org - The Treasury Department on January 6 issued a special license to authorize the South Korean government to pay $63 million…
Ex-UN officials, rights experts urge probe of Iran’s 1988 mass killings
Al-Monitor - A group of former United Nations officials and experts have penned an open letter urging the United Nations…
Top Iran security official retracts comments on talks with US
AL-Monitor - Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani has said he will “never endorse direct negotiations with the United…