Iran Threatens Families of Ukrainian Plane Crash Victims, Widower Says
By Azadeh Karimi
Javad Soleimani Meimandi -- the husband of Elnaz Nabiyi, who died in the tragic crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane on Jan. 8 -- has accused Iranian authorities of intimidating and threatening...
Major Iranian Cities Should Be Quarantined to Combat Coronavirus, Expert Says
By Azadeh Karimi
A task force comprising doctors, medical researchers, and health professionals should manage the coronavirus crisis in Iran by forming a scientific and workable strategy to prevent the spread of the infection, according...
Iran Denies Whitewashing Russian History in High School Textbooks
By Azadeh Karimi
Reports by several online news outlets on the deliberate removal of historical accounts of Russian military operations during the Russo-Persian War (1804-1813) from a revised version of a high school Persian literature...
Iranian Asylum Seekers to Germany Rose in Number in January, Report Says
By Azadeh Karimi
Some 12,000 foreign nationals applied for asylum in Germany in January, of which 524 were Iranians, according to a report by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), a Federal agency...
Iran Has Alarming Number of HIV-Positive Working Children, Health Expert Says
BY Azadeh Karimi
Recent studies have shown that HIV infection is on the rise at an alarming rate among women and working children in Iran, according to Dr. Minou Moharez, the director of the Iranian...
Vast Areas of Iran’s Caspian Hyrcanian Mixed Forests Destroyed by Fire
By Azadeh Karimi
Since early February, warm winds have fueled at least 62 wildfires that have burned 130 hectares of the Caspian Hyrcanian Mixed Forests -- a UNESCO World Heritage Site -- in the northern...
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...
Iranian Director Ghanizadeh Dedicates Award to Slain Protester Pooya Bakhtiari
By Azadeh Karimi
Iranian film and stage director Homayoun Ghanizadeh, whose 2019 film “The Clown” won the top prize in the “Exceptional Talent and Creative” section of the “13th Gathering of Screenwriters and Film Critics”,...
Iran’s Qeshm Island Geopark Could Lose UNESCO World Heritage Site Status
By Azadeh Karimi
Large-scale shrimp hatchery operations could cause the Qeshm Island Global Geopark to lose its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alireza Amri Kazemi, the deputy director of Qeshm Trade Industrial Free...
Tourists with Coronavirus-Like Symptoms Quarantined in Central Iran, Minister Says
By Azadeh Karimi
Authorities in the city of Yazd, capital of the central Yazd province, have quarantined two tourists after they showed symptoms associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection, Iran’s Minister of Health...
