Iran: Mounting Crackdown on Teachers, Labor Activists
HRW – Iranian authorities have increased targeting of teachers and labor activists in recent weeks for organizing and conducting peaceful protests, Human…
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Conditional release of Iranian Human Rights Lawyer After 8 Years in Prison
Iran Human Right (IHR) - Prominent human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani was released earlier today after spending 8 years in…
Second Peaceful Teachers’ Strike in Iran Met With Arrests, Summons and Threats
CHRI - Iranian security and judicial authorities responded to the second round of peaceful teachers’ rights strikes by arresting and…
Iranian pension funds on brink absent major reforms
Al-Monitor - Successive Iranian administrations have in past decades, to various degrees, shown a tendency toward populist policies. This has…
Colleagues Of Iranian FM Zarif’s Come To His Defense As Impeachment Talk Conitues
Radiofarda - While signature collection is reportedly underway in Majles (Iran's parliament) to impeach the Islamic Republic's Foreign Minister Mohammad…
Ayatollah Blasts Zarif Comments As MP Talks Of His Impeachment
Radiofarda - Following implicit criticism of foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif by the conservative head of Iran’s Judiciary, a member…
Twelve Workers Freed But Protests Continue In Shush
Radiofarda - Iran's Labor News Agency (ILNA) reports that twelve protesting workers arrested on Sunday in the city of Shush…
Japan, S.Korea Plan To Resume Iran Oil Imports From January -Sources
Radiofarda - Refiners in Japan and South Korea are looking to resume Iranian oil imports from January after receiving waivers…
Regime change will ‘soon’ come to Iran, a US political magazine predicts
Al-Arabia - A change will be “soon” coming to the current Iranian regime and US policies would have nothing it,…
Brian Hook: Iran’s regime must stop destabilizing the Middle East or collapse
Al-Arabia - In an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya, US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook has stressed that Iran…