Ashton’s Wardrobe Diplomacy With Iran Gets Noticed
While the eyes of many pundits, policymakers, journalists, and Iranian citizens were glued to reports emerging from this week’s nuclear talks in Baghdad, some Iranians
While the eyes of many pundits, policymakers, journalists, and Iranian citizens were glued to reports emerging from this week’s nuclear talks in Baghdad, some Iranians
It has been reported that any Iranians who took part in 2009 protests against the reelection of President Mahmud Ahmadinejad will be banned from studying
German customs officials said on April 2 that they have halted a shipment to Iran of a general anesthetic drug that also is used to
“The Guardian” has a compelling Persepolis-inspired animation about Mohammad Mostafaei, an Iranian lawyer who has saved 20 out of the 40 juveniles he has defended against the death
Amid growing tension between the United States and Iran and sanctions that ban U.S. companies from doing business with the Islamic republic, an outlet of
Security officials with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have used the Internet to interrogate an employee of the London-based BBC Persianservice, according to a February 2 report on
Parvin Mokhtare was just doing what any other mom would do when she took to the airwaves ofRadio Farda (RFE/RL’s Persian-language service) to protest the arrest
A debate about whether the United States should actively support Iran’s opposition movement appears to have been reignited following recent comments by U.S. Secretary of
The deputy head of Iran’s Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC), Narges Mohammadi, has been sentenced to 11 years in jail, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.
Vahid Pourostad, a well-known Iranian journalist who before being forced to leave Iran about a year ago served on the editorial boards of a number
Iranian police have started cracking down on water fights springing up across the country, arresting several young men and women who took part in the
ailed Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Mohammad Seifzadeh has written an open letter to former President Mohammad Khatami detailing extensive violations of judicial rights,
ranian martial arts expert Ahmad Fouladizadeh says he has left the country rather than agree to train Basij volunteer paramilitaries and plainclothes police how to
BAKU — Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has detained over 30 ethnic Azeris in recent days over environmental protests, RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani Service reports. The activists in Tabriz
Boys and girls at Iranian preschools are to be separated in the latest instance of gender segregation in the Islamic republic, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.
The number of Iranians seeking asylum in European countries has risen steadily over the past two years, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports. According to statistics published
An Iranian parliament deputy has confirmed that a raid at a women’s public swimming pool in Tehran that police had earlier denied did in fact
Tehran University’s Islamic Association has published an open letter to the head of the country’s judiciary demanding punishment for those involved in a violent raid
Some 350 Iranian civil activists have written an open letter expressing concern about the plight of the children of political prisoners, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.
Iran’s chief prosecutor, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, says 14 men have been arrested and charged over an alleged gang rape at a party near the central
On his blog, Mehdi Khazali has written his observations of the June 12 “silent” opposition protest that took place in Tehran on the second anniversary
When Houshang Fanaian joined Facebook last year, little did he expect it would land him in an Iranian prison. That’s exactly where he finds himself
An Iranian appeals court has upheld a 19 1/2-year jail term for Iranian Canadian blogger Hossein Derakhshan, his family has told RFE/RL’s Radio Farda. Derakhshan
Open kitchens are the latest addition to the list of supposedly un-Islamic items and behaviors in the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to conservative
Blogger “Zeitoon” believes Iran could see social upheaval and riots over the hike in energy prices that is the result of the removal of subsidies