Municipal Officers Demolish a Makeshift Home With the Family Still Inside
Iranwire - Municipal officials in the city of Nazarabad, Alborz province recently demolished a makeshift one-room shack while the residents…
Social and Political
Call Afghanistan what it is: The worst hostage crisis in American history
nypost - On Nov. 4, 1979, militants seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 American hostages. It…
Will the Taliban welcome al-Qaeda back to Afghanistan?
Al-Monitor - Afghanistan ranks as one of the most at-risk, fragile economies in the world. Poverty is endemic, as is underdevelopment,…
European powers blast Iran’s ‘troubling’ nuclear violations
Al-Monitor - The United Kingdom, France and Germany expressed their “grave concern” over Iran’s reported increase in uranium metal and…
Iran’s art community fears ‘Stalin era’ under Raisi
Al-Monitor - Iran "is no Stalin-era Soviet Union," read a statement issued by Iran's National Union of Theater Directors, addressing Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili, the…
Rights Watchdog Says Mismanagement Is Undermining Iran’s COVID Response
RFL/RE - Human Rights Watch (HRW) is urging Iranian authorities to redouble efforts to respond effectively to the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Expert Witness: Hamid Nouri’s Trial Unmasks a Decade of Brutality
Iranwire - At the opening of the criminal trial of Hamid Nouri in Sweden last week, the names of several Iranian journalists…
Iran’s Interior Ministry: Afghan Refugees Will be Turned Back at the Border
Iranwire - The Iranian provinces of South Khorasan, Sistan and Baluchistan and Razavi Khorasan have been ordered by Iranian officials…
Reporters Without Borders Reprimands Iran Spokesman for ‘Threatening’ Tweet on Afghan Journalist
Iranwire - “Journalism is not a crime. But crimes against the people of Iran and Afghanistan are.” So wrote the global organization…
Hezbollah Says Iranian Fuel Tanker to Sail to Lebanon Soon
VOA - The leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group said Thursday that an Iranian fuel tanker will sail toward…