On Sunday 3 September 2017, Kamal Foroughi turned 78, making him one of the oldest prisoners in Iran. Being a British citizen, one might have
Iran confirmed on Sunday that an appeals court had upheld 10-year jail terms against a US citizen, two Iranian-Americans and a US resident from Lebanon
The self-immolation of a man named Jassim Moramazi on 27 August has thrust the desperate situation of poverty and unemployment for Iran’s Ahwazi Arab community
Activists in the Ahwazi region have circulated images of what they call an environmental tragedy affecting the area.
Earlier this month, Junior Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) introduced S. Res 245, a simple resolution in a series this year, “Calling on the Government of
A new law supported by 43 senators would make it a “felony” for U.S. citizens to support the boycott of Israel.
Demonized as immigrants. Mistaken for Muslims. For more than a century, Sikhs in the U.S. have faced suspicion and violence.
The Islamic regime places the sect of Shi’a at the core of the Islamic state. The regime coerces Iranians into a way of life based
President Hassan Rouhani is expected to introduce nominees for his second-term cabinet in the coming weeks, and the question on many minds is whether a
The Trump administration says it is redoubling efforts to free American citizens detained in Iran. Iran seems to be hinting it wants another prisoner swap,
Syrians fleeing the country’s civil war are finding a place in Brazil they can call home. Between the start of the Syrian revolution in 2011 and 2015,
Nearly 40,000 rapes are reported every year in the South Asian country.
Palestinian workers on Israeli settlements are fed up with being used as propaganda for Israeli businesses and government and with being vilified for work they say they are
Hate crimes against Muslims have been on the rise. The murder of two samaritans for aiding two young women who were facing a barrage of anti-Muslim slurs
The status of the daughter of the late Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani has inspired an Iranian lawmaker to propose new legislation. A group of Iranian
Grad student Xiyue Wang, 37, was in Iran last summer doing research on Eurasian history for his PhD. He is now facing 10 years in
In the history of concentration camps, there is one thing that everyone knows: they were invented by the British. The idea of isolating unwanted population
In France, protecting women’s rights (or public order), has been used as a pretext to forbid women to wear Muslim veils in public spaces. Several
Evin Prison is located in the hills of northern Tehran, and in the nightmares of thousands of past and present detainees. A perpetual presence since
On a recent Saturday morning, Craig Adams stood outside the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It was sunny but cold.
“We have recently seen an attack on Iran, and the Iranian government, the mullahs, believe that Sunni forces have attacked them. This may signal a
There is a conundrum facing Iranian officials. The government, on the one hand, wants Iranians to read more. At the same time, with the other
In the last few years sports brand Nike has reached out to Muslim women and women from the Middle East, rounded off with the release
Cat’s Eye. Salt Pit. Guantanamo Bay. Places of mystery, controversy, and torture. Places highly ridiculed by government officials and American citizens alike. But are they
Horrifying images of a three-year-old Syrian boy washed up on a beach made headlines in 2015. Alan Kurdi, a refugee, had drowned while trying to
