Tehran’s Kahrizak Nursing Home Among Worst Hit by COVID-19, Official Says
By Azadeh Karimi
The Kahrizak nursing home for the elderly, physically disabled and mentally challenged in Greater Tehran is the worst hit among the 28 care homes affected by the Novel COVID-19 Coronavirus in 13...
Iran Guardian Council Ratifies Child, Adolescent Protection Act After Romina Killing
By Azadeh Karimi
Iran’s Guardian Council has ratified the Child and Adolescent Protection Act, turning it into law -- nine years after the bill was first sent to the Majlis (Iranian Parliament), according to the...
OPINION: Why Are Iran’s Human Rights Violations Ignored by Sanction Opponents?
By Azadeh Karimi
A large number of those who voted in the last two Iranian presidential elections sincerely believed that President Hassan Rouhani was not a fanatical ideologue, but rather a moderate politician who would...
Tehran Ranks Among World’s Most Polluted Cities
By Azadeh Karimi
Tehran Air Quality Control Company’s real-time air quality index (AQI) ranked Tehran the sixth most polluted city in the world on November 29.
By early morning on November 29, pollution levels in Tehran...
Iranian Film and Theater Actress Shahla Riahi Dies Aged 92
By Azadeh Karimi
Shahla Riahi, the renowned film and stage actress and Iran’s first female director, died on December 31 in Tehran aged 92, according to Abbas Azimi, the manager of the Veteran Artists Institute.
Ms....
Caspian Sea Water Level Is At 30-Year Low, Iranian Official Says
By Azadeh Karimi
The water level in the Caspian Sea dropped 13 centimeters between 2018 and 2019, according to Seyyed Masumeh Bani-Hashemi, the director of the National Research Center of the Caspian Sea, which operates...
Iran to Send Astronaut to Space Soon, Official Says
By Azadeh Karimi
Iran will soon launch its human spaceflight program with Russia’s help, Morteza Barari, the director of the Iranian Space Agency (ISA), has said.
“Minister of Information and Communication Technology Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi recently...
Iran’s Women Reporters Suffer Widespread Sexual Harassment, Magazine Reports
By Azadeh Karimi
A recent survey conducted among a group of 59 female news reporters by the Tehran-based monthly magazine Communication Management (magiran) has shown that 90 percent of them experienced some types of sexual...
Celebrated Iranian Actor Mohammad Ali Keshavarz Dies At 90
By Azadeh Karimi
Mohammad Ali Keshavarz, one of Iran’s most celebrated theater and film actors, died on June 14 at Tehran’s Atiyeh hospital, where he had been admitted a few weeks earlier with acute kidney...
Oscars Selection Process Criticized by Iran’s Filmmakers
By Azadeh Karimi
The Farabi Cinema Foundation (FCF), which promotes the Islamic Republic’s film industry abroad, has selected “Finding Farideh,” a feature-length documentary, as a contender in the Best Foreign Language Film category for the...
