By Pooya Stone
Free Trade Zone (FTZ), also known as the Special Economic Zone (SEZ), is defined as a geographic area that provides special exemptions and facilities for investors. FTZs are generally located around major seaports, international airports, and national borders. Factually, these areas have been organized to foster economic activity and employment by reduction of taxes and customs duties.
By Pooya Stone
Iraq has been rocked by mass protests since early October, leaving 485 Iraqis dead and 17,000 injured, according to Iraq’s High Commission for Human Rights.
By Jubin Katiraie
As more news comes out about the crackdown on the Iranian uprising, we’re hearing of horrific crimes against humanity being committed, including deaths under torture.
By Pooya Stone
The United States Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Iran’s biggest airline and its shipping network, accusing them of transporting lethal aid and proliferating weapons of mass destruction.
By Pooya Stone
The Iranian authorities’ decision to broadcast the confessions of protesters has faced criticism, even from the state-run media and its own officials.
By Jubin Katiraie
On Friday 15th November, the latest round of protests in Iran broke out. The people have been protesting on and off for quite some time, but this current round of demonstrations has lasted almost a month so far. The Iranian Resistance is calling on the people of Iran to continue protesting.
By Jubin Katiraie
One of the controversial items announced this week by President Hassan Rouhani as part of Iran’s 2020 budget is the funds set aside for so-called cultural institutions affiliated with the regime.
By Jubin Katiraie
More than a month has passed since the outbreak of a major flu epidemic in Iran. More than 80 people have been killed in the past month due to a lack of flu medicine known as Tamiflu. A batch of the vital drug came into the country in the last week, albeit after the death of some people.
By Pooya Stone
On Monday, the US House of Representatives passed a resolution to condemn the Iranian government for its crackdown on peaceful protests and support the rights of the Iranian people to freedom of expression.
By Jubin Katiraie
An Iranian man has pled guilty in Los Angeles to a federal conspiracy charge for sending prohibited machinery to Iran in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and US sanctions imposed on the nation.
By Pooya Stone
The Iranian parliament is expected to decide on next year's budget. However, after the gas price hikes, it became clear that neither the branches' heads of the regime nor the regime's supreme leader cared about the parliament in crucial political-economic decision-making.
By Pooya Stone
Soheila Hijab Bid Sarakhsi is a lawyer and human rights activist and a political woman imprisoned in Evin prison.
By Jubin Katiraie
The Iran Human Rights Monitor has released its monthly report into the human rights situation in Iran and this month it focused, understandably, on the nationwide uprising that sprung up on November 15 and the subsequent crackdown by the Iranian authorities.
By Pooya Stone
The European Union’s High Representative Josep Borrell Fontelles has urged the Iranian authorities to end its crackdown on peaceful Iranian protesters in a statement on behalf of the EU.
By Jubin Katiraie
Ping-Pong diplomacy is a term coined in the 1970s for the hidden US-Chinese dialogue. In the 1970s, relations between the two countries were at a high level of tensions and had been frozen.
By Jubin Katiraie
After the Iran protests in November, numerous government officials from both factions have warned of ‘protests beyond the protests in November.’ The Iranian government forces are also taking action to confront a new round of protests.
By Jubin Katiraie
“Risk of recurrence of November riots in the coming months / The fuel of slum-dwellers on the fire of protests”, this is the title of an article written by the state-run website SNN (Student News Network), which is showing the concern of the Iranian government about the upcoming uprisings against the Iranian government.
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