Earlier this year, Vice reported on a Majid Adin, a remarkable young animator and Iranian refugee with an inspiring story. First escaping to northern France
Iranian-American couple Joe and Sarah Kiani are recognized for their humanitarian efforts. And it all started with one small act of kindness. If you want
In September the Supreme Court gave the green light to President Trump’s universal refugee ban, then when the program expired the following month, the administration
Janine Jackson interviewed Shireen Al-Adeimi about the Yemen crisis for the December 1, 2017, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Janine Jackson: The enormity of the
Ahwazi Arab activists incarcerated in Iran’s infamous prisons are facing all forms of torture, persecution, and oppression at the hands of prison staff in punishment
As the United Nations children’s fund warned Sunday that nearly every Yemeni boy and girl—that’s more than 11 million children—is in acute need of humanitarian assistance, Iran said the
A new wave of dust storms has hit the cities of Ahwaz in the south and south west of the country, a phenomenon to which
Thank you, Bernie! On behalf of the National Iranian American Council and the Iranian-American community, we express our deepest gratitude to Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
While it is worth discussing whether the missiles in the November 4 attack came from Iran in the first place, the outcome is unarguable. It
The Telegraph reports that the British government is preparing to transfer more than 400 million pounds ($527 million) to Iran as it seeks the release
At least 12 dual and foreign nationals, as well as foreign permanent residents, are currently imprisoned in Iran. According to research by the Center for
The distinguished Ahwazi Arab political activist, Ahmad Mola, was brutally murdered outside his home in the Netherlands on Wednesday. Indications suggest that the killers, who
Ghazi Haidari is drowning in his own blood. The prominent Ahwazi writer, historian and activist from Arab Ahwaz region in the south and south-west of
Iran has been living for almost 30 years with a legal system aligned with Sharia law in accordance with Islam, the Islamic Revolutionary Court, or
Nazanin Zaghary-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian mother, was arrested in Iran in April 2016. Every day since has been a living nightmare for the Ratcliffes. Now, after
Greece has been serving as the reception center for refugees trying to find a home in Europe since the wake of the ‘refugee crisis’ in
The rapid mass exodus of Rohingya from Myanmar belies the extreme dangers – land mines, violence, drowning – on the routes out of violence-torn Rakhine
Human Rights Watch has accused the Iranian Revolutionary Guards of committing war crimes by recruiting children as young as 14 years old from Afghanistan to
Blind American support for the policies of its close allies is nothing new. For decades, human rights abuses in allied countries have been willfully ignored,
In Iran there are over 9,000 very lucky children getting help from a network of international supporters. But this help wasn’t organized by a far
Travelers, and family members of travelers from countries targeted under the Muslim ban, should be prepared for possible confusion, delay, and disruption as a result
In late June, 22-year-old Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan — a third-generation Pakistani living in the United Kingdom — stood on stage at the Last Word Festival in Leeds and
A crack epidemic is devastating the poverty-stricken Arab Al-Ahwaz region of Iran, with credible reports suggesting that the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) are
Iran has been lauded for providing free healthcare or subsidized insurance to many Afghan refugees. Yet some 2 million undocumented Afghans have no such benefits
Some 125,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar’s Rakhine state since violence intensified on Aug. 25.
