By Pooya Stone

The Iranian government announced on Friday that the price of a liter of regular gasoline would increase.

By Pooya Stone

Tying between wealth and power in Iran resulted in the emergence of systematic corruption that has covered the governing system in its entirety. This event provided a safe margin for government-linked corruptors, and it has expanded to the point where it has created a systemic corruption mindset.

By Pooya Stone

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization UNESCO evaluates any newspaper by the three following attributes:

First, it should be prepared and regulated within the country concerned;
Second, every countryman and countrywoman can access it;
Third, it should be printed;

By Jubin Katiraie

On Thursday, November 14, the United Nations adopted its 66th resolution condemning Iran’s systematic and ongoing human rights violations. Eighty-four nations expressed their concerns about the human rights conditions in Iran through their affirmative votes.

By Jubin Katiraie

A state-run news agency in Iran has reported that more than a third of women with higher education in the Kurdistan region are unemployed. The region’s Director General of Women and Family Affairs, Leila Ajhir, said that the figure is 38 percent.  

By Jubin Katiraie

Singapore has given the Chinese owner of a tanker storing Iran's gas one week to take it away or their boat will be sold. A court in Singapore ordered the owner of the tanker carrying Iranian liquid gas (LPG) to come forward or it will auction off the vessel for a period that will not last more than a week.

By Pooya Stone

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani admitted on Tuesday that Iran's situation is more "difficult and complicated" today than it ever has been, with US sanctions on Iranian oil exports making it hard to run Iran’s affairs.

By Jubin Katiraie

The recent threat made by Europe about triggering a mechanism to reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran could spell the end of the 2015 nuclear deal, according to diplomats. Britain, France, and Germany have all sought to save the international pact, which was designed to restrict Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief since the US withdrew from it last year. However, they’ve been unable to protect Iran from US sanctions on its oil trade.

By Pooya Stone

On Saturday, the BBC World Service broadcast a radio segment detailing the relocation of a longstanding Iranian dissident group from Iraq to Albania. In so doing, it conveyed a number of accusations about the nature of the organization and its treatment of its members. These accusations have been previously debunked and can generally be traced back to the Iranian regime itself, making the BBC’s profile a conduit for propaganda. 

By Jubin Katiraie

In Iraq, Baghdad, the Green Zone, and Tahrir square are physically only one mile apart., But metaphorically, they’re in different worlds. While Tahrir Square is hosting protesters around the clock, Green Zone, where the corrupt rulers of Iraq are cowering, is as quiet as a library. It is unlikely, but maybe Iran-backed lawmakers and ministers are packing their bags to vanish altogether, which is what Iraqis demand. 

By Jubin Katiraie

Every year, Japanese seismograph systems track around 1,500 quakes in this country. However, Japan is one of the pioneer states in the management of natural crises and disasters. Contrary to Iran, the Japanese people do not enjoy a theocratic rule presided by Vali-e Faqih. Also, unlike Iran, this country doesn’t possess 8% of the world’s natural resources.

By Pooya Stone

Dozens of Arab-Iranians were arrested during protests in southwestern Iran, which began on Sunday following the suspicious death of a young local poet. 

By Jubin Katiraie

The Iranian government is using non-governmental organizations to recruit spies from Western countries, attract terrorists, and finance its fundamentalist policies because the NGOs are not subject to monitoring or financial audits, but the wicked scheme is so well-hidden that most of the world has no idea.

By Pooya Stone

In Iran, the actual statistics of people with mental health problems and other social problems that need treatment are not properly stated and the truth is always concealed, unrealistic statistics and various percentages are reported.

Events in the region and in Iraq have made many actors enter the scene, at least if one believes what circulates among the Iranian diaspora these days.

Among those actors, Iranians specifically point to the BBC, nick-named Ayatollah BBC since long ago among Iranians. The nomination comes after the Iranian exile community, as well as those back home, began talking about increasing biased reporting by the broadcasting corporation in favor of the clerical regime ruling Iran. 

By Pooya Stone

While numerous Iranian officials and institutions have been defendants in court over huge corruption cases, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani criticized in a speech on 11 November 2019 in Yazd, the lack of inspection and dealing with the individuals and institutions involved with these cases.