UN Experts Warn Repression in Bahrain Will Breed Unrest
June 16, 2017
GENEVA (Reuters) - A crackdown on human rights in Bahrain, including a resumption of executions and suppression of dissent, is likely to spark increased unrest, U.N. rights investigators said on Friday.
U.S.-allied Bahrain,...
INTERVIEW: Hollywood Soundtrack Composer, Niyaz Founder Loga Ramin Torkian
By Fred Parvaneh
Loga Ramin Torkian is an Iranian-born instrumentalist and composer and co-founder of the electronic-acoustic World Music groups Niyaz and Axiom of Choice.
Niyaz blends medieval Sufi poetry and folk songs from Iran, India...
Iran’s Re-engagement With The World at Stake in Friday Presidential Vote
May 17, 2017
By Parisa Hafezi
- Rouhani seeks to energise reformist vote
- Many disappointed at lack of jobs and change
- Hardliners unite behind cleric Raisi (Adds Mousavi's decision to vote)
ANKARA (Reuters) - Iranians vote for president on Friday...
Azar: I worry if I’ll be Able to Continue My Studies
Saturday, October 8, 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...
Iran’s Unemployment Rate May Soar As High as 26 Percent by 2021
June 14, 2017
Iran’s economy has been growing at a rate of 5 percent a year in the past three decades. According to forecasts by the Research Center of the Majlis (the Iranian Parliament), the...
Election and Coup Plotters: an Interview with Mohsen Sazegara
July 05, 2017 Mohsen Sazegara is one of the original members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). He held a number of senior posts in the government of Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi in...
Former U.S. national security adviser Brzezinski dies at age 89 – daughter
May 26, 2017
By Bill Trott
(Reuters) - Former U.S. national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, who established himself in the Carter administration as a hard-liner on foreign policy, died on Friday, his family said. He was...
U.S. Judge Asks if Turkish Gold Trader’s Lawyers Work for Iran
May 02, 2017
By Brendan Pierson
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday said he wanted to know whether Iran employs any lawyers for a wealthy Turkish gold trader accused of helping that country...
Iran Unable to Attract Foreign Investment
June 16, 2017
By Mehdi Dehqan
Iran is currently in the midst of a severe economic crisis. The country has seen a record number of industrial and manufacturing plant shutdowns in the past few decades, as...
Huge bomb in sewage tanker kills at least 80, wounds hundreds in Afghan capital
May 31
By Mirwais Harooni and Josh Smith
KABUL (Reuters) - A powerful bomb hidden in a sewage tanker exploded in the morning rush hour in the centre of the Afghan capital on Wednesday, police said,...
