Thursday, June 25, 2026

Iranians Selling Meat Rations for Profit as Iran’s Economy Falters 

By Natasha Phillips Feb 14 - Iranians are selling their monthly meat allowance for profit according to Reza Salemi, the Livestock Logistics Director for Tehran Province. The development comes as Iran is experiencing a deepening economic crisis brought on by fiscal...

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...