Detention of Photojournalist Nooshin Jafari Upsets Iran’s Artistic Community
By Azadeh Karimi
More than 200 people in the Iranian film and theater community have released a statement expressing their concerns about the wellbeing of Nooshin Jafari, a photojournalist and culture reporter who was arrested...
Iranian Official Warns Against Closing Addict Shelters, Says It Will Worsen Epidemic
By Azadeh Karimi
A recent move by the Iranian government to release thousands of drug addicts from state-run shelters will worsen the COVID-19 epidemic in the country, Zahra Nejad-Bahram, a member of Tehran City Council,...
Death of Ethnic Arab Poet Hassan Heydari Triggers Civil Unrest in Southern Iran
By Azadeh Karimi
Social media platforms have been swarmed with footage allegedly showing massive street protests in many parts of Ahvaz, capital of the southern province of Khuzestan, following the suspicious death of Hassan Heydari,...
Iran’s Population Grew At Its Slowest Rate Ever in 2018-19, Expert Says
By Azadeh Karimi
Iran’s population grew less than 1 percent in the year from March 21, 2018 to March 21, 2019 -- the lowest-ever growth rate in the country’s history -- according to Saleh Ghasemi,...
Iranian Official Criticizes Release of Trophy Hunting Video on Social Media
By Azadeh Karimi
Kiumars Kalantari, the deputy director of the Department of Environment’s Office for Wildlife and Biodiversity, has condemned the publication of footage on social media which shows a trophy hunter killing a young...
Iranian Directors Take Part in Berlin Film Festival
By Azadeh Karimi and Ali Eshtiaq
Several Iranian directors took part in the 68th Berlin International Film Festival late last month.
Unusually, women artists claimed as many as seven of the 11 prizes. The winner of...
Iranian Authorities to Install Suicide Barriers at Tehran’s Tabiat Bridge
By Azadeh Karimi
The Tehran Municipality plans to increase police presence and implement suicide prevention measures at the Tabiat Bridge in north-central Tehran, according to Colonel Ali Karkhaneh, the commander of the 3rd Precinct of...
