ANALYSIS: How Iran’s Economy is Faring, Forty Years After the Revolution
By Natasha Phillips
FEB 7 - As the Islamic Republic of Iran marks its 40th anniversary, the country finds itself at a crossroads. Four decades of decisions on internal policy and international affairs have led...
Iranian Toddlers Are Used to Sell Drugs Inside Prisons, Charity Says
By Natasha Phillips
31 Jan - There are reports of toddlers being used inside Iran’s prisons to sell drugs, President of Children of Imprisoned Parents International (COIPI), Hamed Farmand said in an exclusive interview with...
Middle East Peace Conference Strains Relations Between Iran and Poland
By Natasha Phillips
24 Jan - Poland’s Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz told Polish media outlet Rzeczpospolita Monday that Iran has not been invited to its Middle East Peace and Security Conference because the language Tehran uses is...
U.S. Urges Gulf States to Unite Over Iran Pressure Campaign
By Natasha Phillips
15 Jan - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to unite against Iran, in a statement issued Friday by the State Department....
Bill to Ban Child Weddings Rejected As Popularity of Marriage In Iran Wanes
By Natasha Phillips
3 Jan - A proposed parliamentary bill in Iran to raise the age of marriage for girls and boys in Iran has been rejected by the Parliamentary Committee for Judicial and Legal Affairs. The veto...
Former Iranian Judiciary Chief Shahroudi, Accused of Executing Thousands, Confirmed Dead
By Natasha Phillips
24 Dec - Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, former chief of Iran’s Judiciary and Chairman of Iran's Expediency Discernment Council, has passed away. An earlier report by Iran’s official news agency IRNA suggested that the cleric...
Iranian Child Rights Activist Arrested on Spying Charges as Mass Detentions Continue
By Natasha Phillips
17 Dec - Laily Khatami, a child and women’s rights activist from Kermanshah, Iran, has been arrested and charged with espionage. A report from the Campaign for the Defense of Political and Civilian...
Iran’s Children Forgotten on World Human Rights Day
By Natasha Phillips
Charities and civil rights activists took to the internet on World Human Rights Day to highlight the Iranian government’s track record on a wide range of issues including unlawful detention and workers’...
Iranian Children Risk Their Lives to Reach UK in Small Boats
By Natasha Phillips
5 Dec - Iranian children and their families in the UK are risking their lives to cross the English Channel in small boats. Several British media outlets this week have suggested that...
Protests in Iran Show No Sign of Stopping Despite Nationwide Arrests
By Natasha Phillips
27 Nov - Demonstrations in Iran are still spreading across the country as truck drivers, farmers, teachers and students extend protests over pay and working conditions. The government has responded with a...
