Sunday Times Report on Islamic Republic Broadcasting Bureau in London
By Potkin Azarmehr
It would have come as a surprise to many in the UK when last weekend’s edition of the Sunday Times revealed that Iran's largest media corporation, The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting...
Infant Mortality Rate Alarmingly High in Sistan and Baluchestan
By Firouzeh Ramezanzadeh
Social media were recently flooded with the picture of an infant whose head had been severed during birth at a hospital in Iranshahr, in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan. In...
UK Proposes to Ease Tensions With Iran, Help Release Nazanin
November 16, 2017, The U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office is drafting a package of measures aimed at easing tensions with Iran prior to Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson’s visit to Tehran, according to the Guardian...
Young Iranian Girls Commit Increasing Number Of Violent Acts
November 18, 2017- Recent studies show a significant increase in the number of violent acts committed by young Iranian girls, Iran's Vice President for Women and Family Affairs Masoumeh Ebtekar said recently.
“The Ministry of...
U.S. Plan to Open Communication With IRGC: Interview with Amir Taheri
Nazenin Ansari, managing editor of Kayhan London, recently interviewed Amir Taheri, a veteran journalist and international political analyst, on a wide range of issues, including recent efforts by Washington to open channels of communication...
Concern Over Deteriorating Health of Imprisoned Majid Asadi
By Firoozeh Ramezanzadeh
November 10, 2017 Majid Asadi, an Allameh Tabataba’i University graduate with a degree in economics, was arrested on February 18 at his house in Karaj and taken to Tehran’s Evin Prison.
In a recently...
Women Drivers with Improper Hijab Receive Police Warnings Via SMS
November 9, 2017 Police in Tehran have started to use mobile phone text messaging to warn women drivers who violate the mandatory hijab dress code, said the Tehran Prosecutor General, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi.
“The experiment by...
Persian Women in Tech Hold London Launch
By Tara Biglari
The Los Angeles-based organization Persian Women In Tech (PWIT) had its London launch last week at the Airbnb offices, occupying an entire floor of the company's modern premises.
The space was brought to...
Iraq Seeks To Renew 1975 Border Agreement With Iran
August 31, 2017 In a meeting with Iranian Defense Minister Mohsen Dehqan, Iraqi Transport Minister Kazem Finjan reportedly proposed the renewal of the 1975 Algiers Border Agreement between the two countries.
During the reign of the...
Revolutionary Arson, 19th August 1978: 470 Burnt Alive
August 19, 2017
By Potkin Azarmehr
Thirty-nine years ago today, 470 innocent people were burned alive inside the movie theatre in southwest Iran. The movie theatre on the first floor of a shopping arcade. Victims included...
