Iran Designates All US Troops in Middle East as Terrorists
VOA — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani signed a bill into law on Tuesday declaring all U.S. forces in the Middle…
Social and Political
Iran’s Military Expenditure Declines in 2018 Due To Economic Problems
VOA - A new report released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute on world military expenditure (SIPRI) on April…
Workers’ Movement: Iranian Labor Activists have Hope despite Suppression
Radiozamaneh - Last year, workers in Iran organized several outstanding protests and strikes. Major examples include nationwide teachers’ strikes, as…
Iran: Two Juveniles Executed; One With Mental Disability
Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Two juvenile offenders were among the prisoners executed at Shiraz Central Prison on April 25.…
Banned Works at Tehran Book Fair Highlight Iran’s Corrosive Censorship Policies
CHRI - “People Lack Buying Power, Writers Lack Inspiration,” Says Novelist Several books by dissident authors in Iran were banned…
Why Iran-US confrontation may intensify under new IRGC commander
Al-Monitor - Iran replaced the commander of its powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) less than two weeks after the…
US Report highlights plight of religious minorities in Iran
IOPHR - On 29th April 2019, US annual report on international religious freedom highlighted the oppression suffered by religious minorities…
Iran Intelligence Ministry Clamps Down On Gold Smugglers
Radiofarda - Iran's Intelligence Ministry says it has arrested 9 ring-leaders of a gold smuggling gang in the country's Western-Azarbaijan…
As U.S. Sanctions Bite, Iran Fulfills Only 63% Of Non-Oil Export Target
Radiofarda - Iran could fulfill only 63% of its non-oil export target during its last fiscal year, Trade Promoting Organisation…
Closing Strait Of Hormuz Is Fraught With Dangers For Iran
Radiofarda - A war of words has erupted again between the United States and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz.…