Iran: Athletes Face Internal Restrictions Before Foreign Opponents
By Jubin Katiraie
On October 22, the International Judo Federation (IJF) banned Iran from all competitions authorized by the federation and its unions.
By Jubin Katiraie
On October 22, the International Judo Federation (IJF) banned Iran from all competitions authorized by the federation and its unions.
By Pooya Stone
40 years ago, in tandem with founding the Islamic Republic in Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini established a long-term policy under the name “exporting the revolution”.
By Pooya Stone
On Tuesday, Quartz published an editorial by Kelly Nascimento-DeLuca, who is the daughter of the football star known as Pele and is presently working on a documentary about women’s soccer.
By Jubin Katiraie
Back in September, workers of Iran’s Heavy Equipment Production Company (HEPCO) marched through the streets of Arak and blocked the north-south railroad to protest months of unpaid wages and the privatization of the company, which has destroyed the once productive factory.
Iranian regime’s apologists who see the imminent downfall of the clerical regime desperately try to justify the regime’s 40 years of crime via demonizing its only legitimate and viable alternative, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI, Mujahedin-e Khalq or MEK).
Recently, the NBC website parroted blatant lies about the MEK and repeated the Mullah’s 4-decade long-debunked allegations, while refusing to publish the MEK’s rebuttal to this article. NBC’s article is the latest in a series of organized attacks against the MEK via outlets with pro-engagement and pro-appeasement tendencies towards the Iranian regime.
Albanian General Police Director Ardi Veliu said Wednesday that an active cell of the foreign operations unit of the Iranian QUDS force, an extraterritorial section of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), had been discovered by Albania’s security institutions.
By Jubin Katiraie
In a comprehensive report released Tuesday, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) revealed shocking details about the Iranian government's inhumane practice of stealing medicine. The report explained that the shortage of medicine has become a major crisis in Iran, with some medicines becoming extremely scarce and prices rising considerably.
By Pooya Stone
An Iranian Christian pastor will spend at least five years in prison after being sentenced by a judge who is well-known for being extremely unfair to those who are on trial for evangelizing.
By Pooya Stone
US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Tuesday spoke out against the international threats posed by Iran. Pompeo delivered a speech on “Trump Administration Diplomacy: The Untold Story” at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., on October 22, 2019.
Strasbourg - Members of the European Parliament, joined by other dignitaries from across Europe called for a strong European approach vis-a-vis the Iranian regime’s human rights violations and warmongering.
A conference organized by the European Parliament Friends of a Free Iran Intergroup also called for accountability of Iranian regime officials regarding the 1988 massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners in Iran. Most of these victims were members and supporters of the Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday amid rising US-Iran tensions.
By Jubin Katiraie
In other developments in Iran, the country’s Atomic Energy Organization has said that within two weeks, the secondary circuit of the heavy water nuclear reactor in Arak will be operational.
By Jubin Katiraie
Working in Iran’s mines is a hard and onerous job. It is dangerous and harmful to the health of the miners. Most countries try to increase confidence through strict enforcement of safety standards, reducing the threats of such work as much as possible.
By Pooya Stone
Social media giant Facebook announced Monday on its blog that it had shut down accounts belonging to Iran and Russia-backed disinformation campaigns and that the company will do more to protect accounts of elected officials and political candidates.
By Pooya Stone
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview that given the danger of Iran's increasing influence in Syria, efforts to push back Iran are both real and serious and are being pursued on an ongoing basis.
By Jubin Katiraie
Increased street peddling by women in Iran is the result of the catastrophic economic situation and the spread of poverty, analysts say. Peddling is not an official job but the result of an ailing and bankrupt economy which is due to corruption in the Iranian government.
An unprecedented demonization campaign began last week in Iran against the opposition MEK and its leaders Maryam Rajavi and Massoud Rajavi.