By Jubin Katiraie
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Thursday, in an op-ed for the Kuwaiti Al-Rai newspaper, that either all Gulf countries should enjoy security “or they will all be deprived of it”.
This ominous threat comes amid rising tensions between Iran and other Gulf countries and the West after attacks on Saudi oil plants in Abqaiq and Khurais on September 14, which Saudi Arabia and several Western countries blame Iran for.
By Pooya Stone
A female political prisoner was transferred to ward 2A in the notorious Evin Prison, which is used by the shadowy Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) to put prisoners of conscience under more pressure.
By Jubin Katiraie
The Iranian Atomic Energy Organization chief has said that his country will set up 30 modern IR-6 centrifuges and that a new part of the heavy water reactor in Arak will become operational within the next couple of weeks.
By Jubin Katiraie
Several international human rights organizations, including Amnesty International and World Coalition Against The Death Penalty, proclaimed 10 October as the "World Day Against the Death Penalty".
By Jubin Katiraie
Iran’s state-run media have reported that the authorities are importing luxury fruits with billion-rial government loans offered to customers at chain stores in rich areas of Tehran at staggering prices.
By Pooya Stone
It was reported on Monday that two Australian nationals had been released from prison in Iran, roughly three months after they were detained for operating a drone without a license.
By Jubin Katiraie
On Sunday 6th October, reports from Iran indicate that the town of Lordegan in the southern province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiary Province was subjected to a brutal crackdown and unofficial martial law. The entry and exit points to the town were blocked by officials and battle tanks and agents were patrolling the town.
By Pooya Stone
A hacking group that seems to be affiliated with the Iranian government tried and failed to break into the re-election campaign of Donald Trump, according to sources familiar with the operation.
By Jubin Katiraie
During the month of September in Iran, there were protests the whole way across the country, averaging approximately nine per day. The Iranian opposition, Mujahedin-e Khalq (PMOI/MEK), that has paid a heavy price for standing against the regime's oppression. has said that there were at least 284 protests during the month, across 28 provinces and in 71 different cities.
By Jubin Katiraie
At the 42nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, a conference by Italy’s Nonviolent Radical Party Transnational Transparty was held on the human rights situation in Iran at the UN’s European headquarters in Geneva, where speakers examined the widespread and systematic violations of human rights in Iran.
By Pooya Stone
Remarks by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei during a meeting with Revolutionary Guards commanders on 2 October include some important points. His speech offered an update about the current situation of Iran’s government and the state of suffocation which the Iranian government faces.
By Jubin Katiraie
Nowadays, the rapidly expanding political and social events in Iraq have become one of the major news in the Middle East.
By Pooya Stone
It was reported on Wednesday that Iran’s Guardian Council had approved legislation that would allow children to become Iranian citizens if they have been born to an Iranian mother and a father with another nationality.
By Pooya Stone
France’s foreign minister has warned that Iran and the United States have one month to come back to the negotiating table, speculating that Tehran’s plan to increase its nuclear activities in November will only increase tensions in the Middle East.
By Jubin Katiraie
The month of September has been terrible in terms of human rights in Iran. There have been a number of incidences that show that the human rights situation in the country is continuing to deteriorate.
By Pooya Stone
At least 300 people, including children, are thought to have been infected with HIV in the Iranian village of Chenar Mahmoud, Lordegan, due to health authorities using contaminated syringes.
By Jubin Katiraie
Human rights groups have called on the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to investigate Iran’s 1988 massacre of /some 30,000 political prisoners, mainly affiliated to the main opposition group People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), also known as the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK).
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