Russian, UK envoys ignite fury in Iran with ‘inappropriate’ restaged photo
Al-Monitor - Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian and UK ambassadors in Tehran after a controversial photo showed the two…
Social and Political
Novices, Ideologues and Terrorists: Raisi’s Cabinet Revealed
Iranwire - Yesterday Ebrahim Raisi released a final, full list of his proposed new cabinet members to the Iranian parliament.…
Photo-gate at the Russian Embassy and the Tehran Conference of 1943
Iranwire - British diplomat Simon Shercliff was appointed as ambassador to Iran earlier this month. He seemed to be off…
Kurdish Political Prisoner Heydar Ghorbani at Imminent Risk of Execution After Retrial Denied by Supreme Court
Iran Human Rights - Kurdish death row political prisoner, Heydar Ghorbani’s request for a retrial has been rejected by the…
Raisi inauguration reveals rifts in Iran establishment
Al-Monitor - A week after Ebrahim Raisi's inauguration as Iran's new president, questions are lingering and speculation growing over the absence of certain…
Iran fires warning shot at a US military drone near Strait of Hormuz: Report
Al-Arabia - Iran’s air defenses fired a warning shot at a General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper belonging to the US military…
Iran FM ‘invites’ Russian, UK envoys over controversial Tehran Conference tweet
Al-Arabia - Iran’s foreign ministry “invited” Russia and Britain’s ambassadors on Thursday after the Russian embassy posted a controversial photo…
Profile: Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iran’s next foreign minister
Al-Arabia - Iran’s new president Ebrahim Raisi unveiled his cabinet on Wednesday, naming a diplomat sceptical of the West and with close…
Few Surprises as Ebrahim Raisi Unveils the Rest of Iran’s New Cabinet
Iranwire - Yesterday Ebrahim Raisi released a final, full list of his proposed new cabinet members to the Iranian parliament.…
Tehran Coronavirus Lead: Iran Hid Fatalities From the WHO
Iranwire - “We concealed the figures on fatalities from the World Health Organization,” said Dr. Alireza Zali, director of Tehran Coronavirus Taskforce…