Protesters Blame Reformists, Conservatives For Economic Crisis
Iranian authorities have restricted access to the Internet and to social media including WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram and Telegram after an outbreak of civil unrest across the country that started on December 28 in Mashhad,...
EU Must Clarify Position on Iran Unrest, Says German-Iranian MP
Omid Nouripour, a German-Iranian member of the German Parliament , has called on the European Union and its member states to take a stance on the recent protests in Iran.
Nouripour, who represents the central...
Aljazeera Interview with Potkin Azarmehr – Iran Protests
January 02, 2018
Potkin Azarmehr commenting for Aljazeera English on the night when the protests erupted
Fate of Iran’s Youngest Political Prisoner Raises Concerns
By Firoozeh Ramezanzadeh
Mohammad Saber Malek Raisi is an ethnic Baluchi who has served nearly nine years of his 15-year sentence in Ardabil Prison - thousands of kilometers away from his home province of Chabahar....
Iran’s Free Trade Zones Are Like Forced Labor Camps, Says Labor Activist
Naser Aqajari, a labor activist, has compared working conditions in Iran’s Free Trade-Industrial and Special Economic Zones to those of forced labor camps.
“These are appalling conditions. Workers in these companies are not protected by...
Protests in Iran and the Silence of the Western Media
Potkin Azarmehr
Something profound is happening in Iran, and the Western mass media are simply not reporting it. For some time now, protests by ordinary Iranians have become a daily routine. The protesters include workers who...
Interview With Shirin Ebadi On Iran’s Human Rights Record
Dr. Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer, a former judge and the founder of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for her important...
Temporary Marriages Blamed For Spread of Aids in Iran
By Ahmad Rafat
December 1 is designated as World AIDS Day. The day has been marked around the world every year since 1988 in an effort to raise awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by...
Experts Warn of Possibility of Tehran Earthquake
Iran experienced 728 earthquakes in November 2017 alone, with the strongest measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale and striking Kermanshah Province in northwest of the country near the border with Iraq, leading to the...
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Family Hopeful for Christmas Release
There are hopeful signs from Iran regarding the possible release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a 37-year-old British-Iranian woman who is currently serving a five-year sentence in Tehran’s Evin Prison for allegedly “plotting to topple the...
