Iranian Nurses Fearing Job Loss to Complain to Country’s Administrative Court
By Roshanak Astaraki
Some 536 nurses who were hired on an 89-day fixed-term contract during the peak of the coronavirus epidemic in the northern province of Gilan, and who are now in danger of losing...
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani to Leave Public Life, Teach at University
By Roshanak Astaraki
The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani has said that he plans to leave public life and accept a job as a university professor after stepping down in the coming days.
Mr....
EXCLUSIVE: Kayhan Life Interviews Iran’s Striking Oil Workers
By Roshanak Astaraki
A nationwide strike by Iranian oil workers on fixed-term contracts -- which started a day after the June 18 Iranian presidential elections and spread to 114 oil, gas, and petrochemical companies --...
Iran and Azerbaijan’s Joint Carmaking Venture Kicks Off
By Roshanak Astaraki
Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan have started the joint production of a new passenger car, “Khazar,” according to Bunyad Huseynov, the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Tehran.
Ambassador Huseynov announced the news on...
Iran Experiences Surge in Suicides Among Soldiers and Nurses
By Roshanak Astaraki
Despite the publicly voiced concerns of healthcare professionals, physicians, and social workers, there has ben an alarming increase in the number of suicides in Iran in recent years, successive governments have failed...
Iran’s Remote-Learning Scheme Neglects Low-Income and Rural Students, Teacher Says
By Roshanak Astaraki
The Iranian government this month rolled out its e-learning app “Shadi” (happy) as part of its broader education continuity plan to provide remote teaching to elementary and high school students who, under...
ANALYSIS: Iran’s Next President Could Be a Former IRGC Commander
By Roshanak Astaraki
Hossein Dehghan, a special advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is the only person so far to have formally announced his candidacy for the Iranian presidential elections, due to be...
European Passenger Planes Warned Against Flying Over Iranian Airspace
By Roshanak Astaraki
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has advised all European airlines to avoid Iranian airspace until further notice, Reuters reports.
“The advice expands on an earlier EASA recommendation that national authorities bar...
COVID-19 Has Bankrupted Event Venues in Iran, Affected Wedding Planners, DJs
By Roshanak Astaraki
Half of the events venues in Iran have gone bankrupt since the start of the coronavirus lockdown a few months ago, causing massive job losses, according to Khosrow Ebrahimnia, the head of...
Iran’s Pharmaceutical Industry Suffers From Rial-Dollar Exchange Rates, Official Says
By Roshanak Astaraki
Iranian pharmaceutical companies have increased their production capacities in recent years and performed well during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Mahmoud Najaf-Arab, the chairman of the Health Economic Committee of the Tehran...
