Rights Organizations Urge US to Aid Access to Information in Iran by Expanding General License D-1
CHRI - In a joint statement, nine rights organizations including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) have urged the…
Science and Technology
Keeping the competition out: Iran startups thrive despite sanctions
Reuters - Low on cash but high on hope, Iran’s technology entrepreneurs are learning to live with revived hostility in the…
Iran claims 5 orbital slots to place satellites
PayvandNews - Iran's Minister of Communication and Information Technology announced that Iran has been granted 5 orbital slots, adding arrangements…
Iran’s AUT team wins 1st place at France’s IMAV 2017
PayvandNews - A team from Tehran's Amir Kabir (Polytechnic) University of Technology secured the first place in Virtual Challenge category of International…
Iranian Miners’ Call for Justice Echoes in Social Media
Radiozamaneh - In December of 2015 miners of Agh Dareh gold mines staged a number of protests which earned many miners…
Iran to send human to space by 2025
Mehr News Agency - While announcing continued studies to send humans to space, the head of Iran's Aerospace Research Institute (ARI) said they…
High-Frequency Chip Brings Iranian-American Researchers One Step Closer to Next Generation Technology
PayvandNews - A novel, high-frequency electronic chip potentially capable of transmitting tens of gigabits of data per second - a rate that…
Russians To Finance 1 Billion Euro Rail Electrification In Iran
PayvandNews - A Russian bank has agreed to provide 1 billion euros to electrify a 500 km railway route in northern…
Iranians mock Rouhani over explanation for no female ministers
Al-monitor - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's reasoning for not appointing any female ministers to his Cabinet — as he had promised he would in the May…
Iranian Lawmakers Raise Thresholds Triggering Death Penalty For Some Drug Offenses
RFL/RE - Iran's parliament has ended the death penalty for certain drug violations, raising the thresholds that can trigger capital punishment…