Iran Judiciary’s War on Corruption Fuels Factional Rivalries
By Roshanak Astaraki
The Iranian businessman Rasoul Danialzadeh, dubbed by the domestic media as the “Sultan of Steel,” who allegedly fled the country in 2016 after being charged with financial crimes, is back in police...
OPINION: Iranian Women and the Removal of the Veil
By Roshanak Astaraki
It has been 88 years since a law was passed in Iran authorizing the removal of the hijab (known as the kashf-e hijab). Nearly nine decades later, Iranian women are mounting a...
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...
Iran’s Guardian Council Approves New Funding for Qods Force After Soleimani’s Death
By Roshanak Astaraki
On January 7, the Guardian Council fast-tracked into law the emergency-3 “Reciprocal Amendment Bill in Response to the U.S. Designating the IRGC a Terrorist Organization” which the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) had...
ANALYSIS: Iran’s Economy Suffers from Government’s Revolutionary Aspirations
By Roshanak Astaraki
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has voiced optimism about the future of the country’s economy, despite a recent report by the Statistic Center of Iran showing the annual inflation rate reaching 42 percent...
Iran Temporarily Closes Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant
By Roshanak Astaraki
On April 12, Iran temporarily shut down the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, in the country’s southern regions, for annual maintenance, according to Mahmoud Reza Jafari, the deputy director of the Atomic Energy...
Iran Excluded from World Bank, IMF Meetings on Coronavirus Aid
By Roshanak Astaraki
The World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) held an emergency meeting on March 19 to discuss debt relief for International Development Association (IDA) countries affected by the COVID-19...
