More than 50 Special Forces Attack Ward 12 of Urmia Central Prison
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – In the latest of a long string of power abuses at Urmia Central Prison,…
Social and Political
In Rare Move, Iran Lets Some Women Attend Men’s Soccer in Tehran
PayvandNews - Iran has allowed an organized group of women to attend a men's soccer match at a Tehran stadium…
Isfahan Farmers Renew Their Protests For Government Inaction
Radiofarda - Farmers in Isfahan province have renewed their protests related to lack of water and what they say is…
Gelareh Nazemi, Iran’s refereeing pioneer
PayvandNews - Sitting in a lounge on the 24th floor of a hotel in central Buenos Aires, Gelareh Nazemi conveys…
Retirees Come Out To Protest Meager Pensions In Iran
Radiofarda - Thousands of Iranian retirees assembled outside the Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) on Tuesday, October 16 in Tehran…
Closer look at Iran’s Basij wings targeted in latest bout of US sanctions
Al-Arabia - The US Treasury announced new sanctions on Iran on Tuesday, including sanctions on an Iranian tractor manufacturing company and a…
Threat From Violent Extremism Not Gone, Could Reemerge, Top U.S. General Says
Radiofarda - The security threat from violent extremist groups has not been eliminated despite a recent shift in Washington's focus…
IRGC masses troops on Iraq border amid rising tensions with Kurdish groups
Al-Monitor - Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is launching increasingly daring operations to degrade the capabilities of armed Kurdish…
Rouhani touts meeting with top economists on containing crisis
Al-Monitor - In a closed three-hour meeting with 40 Iranian economists on Oct. 15, President Hassan Rouhani insisted that the country's economy is not…
In The Midst Of Crises Khamenei Issues A Lofty Vision For Iran, 2065
Radiofarda - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei's has revealed his vision for the Islamic Republic in the year 2065 in…