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The Dark Side: How a Corrupt ‘Privatization’ Drive Led to Blackouts in Iran

Iranwire - Protests in Khuzestan over chronic water shortages began in mid-July this year. People have since taken to the streets in…

“What Else Can they Do?”: Rage and Resignation in Iran Over Internet Filtering Bill

Iranwire - On Wednesday, July 28, Iran’s conservative-dominated parliament voted to implement a new law that could further restrict Iranians’…

Esmail Fatehi, Mansour Mohammadi and Mozafar X Executed in Qazvin

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Esmail Fatehi, Mansour Mohammadi and Mozafar (surname unknown) have been executed on drug-related charges in…

Blinken: Iran nuclear talks ‘cannot go on indefinitely’

Al-Monitor - Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that negotiations to revive the Iranian nuclear agreement “cannot go on…

Ali Khamenei Blasts the Rouhani Administration in Final Cabinet Meeting

Iranwire - This week the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran delivered a startling reproach to the outgoing Rouhani…

Three Decades After the Iran-Iraq War, Khuzestan’s Reconstruction is Still Unfinished

Iranwire - For the last two weeks, a single word has dominated headlines in Iran: “Khuzestan”. Nightly street protests in…

U.S., EU Must Speak Out Forcefully to Avoid Further Bloodshed in Iran

CHRI—As state security forces in Iran continue to violently suppress peaceful protests that erupted in Khuzestan province and have since spread to…

Iran’s supreme leader says ‘cowardly’ US cannot be trusted

Al-Monitor - As the United States and other Western nations await for the new Iranian administration to take over Aug.…

US condemns violence against protesters in Iran

Al-Monitor - The State Department on Wednesday condemned the use of violence against anti-government protesters in Iran, a rebuke that…

Iran’s crimes and acts of war will continue until Biden responds forcefully

washingtontimes - The plot was audacious: Agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran would kidnap an American citizen on American soil. Masih…