Huge Bail Set For Iran Writers Leads To their Incarceration
Radiofarda - Iranian Writers Association (IWA) has strongly protested the decision by judicial authorities to set huge, unaffordable bails for…
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Meeting In Moscow, Putin, Erdogan Vow Closer Cooperation On Syria
Radiofarda- Following talks with his Turkish counterpart in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the two leaders discussed how they…
U.S.-Born Iranian TV Anchorwoman Released From U.S. Detention, Officials Say
RFL/RE - Iranian television anchorwoman Marzieh Hashemi has been released from U.S. detention after being held as a material witness…
Iran: Prominent Labor Activist Rearrested
HRW - Broadcast of Coerced Confession, Failure to Investigate Torture (more…)
Iran’s ‘year of shame’: More than 7,000 arrested in chilling crackdown on dissent during 2018
Amnesty - The Iranian authorities carried out a shameless campaign of repression during 2018, crushing protests and arresting thousands in…
How Iran has moved to defrock ‘Instagram cleric’
Al-Monitor - On Jan. 12, Seyed Hasan Aghamirii, a popular Iranian cleric, posted on his Instagram account that he had been sentenced to…
Meet Iran’s next, non-turbaned hardliner-in-chief
Al-Monitor - Hassan Rahimpour Azghadi is rising to become an ever more popular figure among the new generation of hard-liners…
Iran says moving towards readiness to ramp up nuclear program
Al-Monitor - The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran says his country has taken key steps toward being…
Rouhani Adviser Indicted For Remarks On House Arrests
Radiofarda - An indictment has been issued for President Rouhani's top aide, Hessamoddin Ashena and a lawsuit against him delivered…
Prince Reza Warns Iran May Try To Provoke Attack Ahead Of Security Summit
Radiofarda - Tehran may try to bait the West into a limited military attack in order to distract public attention…