Russia, Iran: Mutual Aspirations, Continued Competition
March 27, 2017
ِBy Peyman Pejman
President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Moscow this week is seen by observers as much for what is on the agenda as it is for items not officially included on the...
Step by Step to Tel Aviv and Haifa; Nekhsa, War and Music on Syrian...
Friday, September 9, 2016
A few days ago the Israeli daily, Yedioth Ahronoth, reported on a joint effort by Iran and Israel to learn the fates of Ron Arad, the Israeli Air Force navigator who...
Saudi Navy Seizes Boat with Weapons Near Offshore Oilfield-SPA
June 19, 2017
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi navy seized a boat carrying weapons as it approached the kingdom's offshore Marjan oilfield in the Gulf on Friday evening, the official Saudi Press Agency reported on...
Berlin State Museums Celebrate Five Millennia of Iranian Culture in Major Exhibition
By Nazanine Nouri
The Berlin State Museums have recently opened a major exhibition focusing on 5,000 years of Iranian history and heritage. “Iran: Five Millennia of Art and Culture” (at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)...
Dire Conditions for Political Prisoners
February 21, 2017
By Firooze Remezanzade
In a joint letter to the head of Iran’s judiciary, Dr Ketan Desai, president of the World Medical Association (WMA), has expressed grave concern over the mistreatment of political prisoners...
Conversation with a Girl from Kermanshah
October 10, 2016
On 19 December 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 66/170, declaring 11 October as the International Day of the Girl Child. The main objective of this resolution was to draw...
Iran has built third underground ballistic missile factory – Fars news agency
May 25, 2017
ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran has built a third underground ballistic missile production factory and will keep developing its missile programme, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Thursday, in a development likely...
Murder in Metro over Islamic Dress Code
July 20, 2017
By Potkin Azarmehr
A video showing Iran police shooting at a man with a Kalashnikov from close range in one of the Tehran Metro stations went viral last Saturday. State TV was quick...
Trump Travel Ban Fight Heads Toward Supreme Court Showdown
May 26, 2017
By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON, May 26 (Reuters) - The fate of President Donald Trump's order to ban travelers from six predominantly Muslim nations, blocked by federal courts, may soon be in the hands...
Ex-captive of Islamic State Sheds Tears on Return to Village in Northern Iraq
June 1, 2017
By Isabel Coles
KOJO, Iraq (Reuters) - Nadia Murad made an emotional return on Thursday to the Yazidi village in northern Iraq where she was captured and sold as a slave by Islamic...
