Washington and Tehran Ponder Ways to Modify Nuclear Deal
March 05, 2017
By Peyman Pejman
Iran’s recent announcement of the purchase of uranium ore from Kazakhstan, and the attendance of a large Iranian delegation at the two-day conference on international nuclear cooperation, sponsored by the...
Qods Force Resumes Operations in Europe and the USA
November 05, 2016
On 26 October 2016, at a gathering in Hamedan province, Commander Salar Abnoush, deputy coordinator of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC) Khatam-al-Anbiya Garrison (the engineering wing of IRGC) said: “ Defending the...
U.N. Special Rapporteur Criticizes Iran’s Human Rights Record
October 26, 2017 In her first address to the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly on October 25, Asma Jilani Jahangir, the U.N. Special Rapporteur, said that while Iran had taken steps to...
Iran arrests two suspects linked to attacks in Tehran – media
June 9, 2017
ANKARA (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have arrested two suspects linked to attacks in Tehran this week that killed 17 people, Iranian media reported on Friday.
"Two suspects with links to the terrorist raids in Tehran...
Chinese, Iranian Firms to Sign First Nuclear Plant Redesign Contracts
April 21, 2017
Beijing - Reuters
Companies from China and Iran will this weekend sign the first commercial contracts to redesign an Iranian nuclear plant as part of an international deal reached in 2015 over Iran's...
Hostages: Real Lives Entangled in Uncertain Policy
March 08, 2017
By Peyman Pejman
Since declaring his candidacy for the presidency of the United States, Donald Trump has repeatedly said that his foreign policy would be vastly different from that of his predecessor, President...
Iran Elections and the UNESCO Affair
May 13, 2017
By Potkin Azarmehr
The Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is not pleased with his Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution (SCCR).
In a speech marking national teachers' week, he admonished the SCCR for having...
Government at Odds with IRGC
December 19, 2016
The Iranian Privatization Organization (IPO) recently cancelled a contract with Mobin Trust Consortium which had bought 50 percent plus one shares of Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI) for $2.5 bn in 2009....
Iran Sees Breakthrough in Oil Deals Following Rouhani Re-election
May 25, 2017
By Rania El Gamal and Dmitry Zhdannikov
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran hopes to sign groundbreaking deals with oil majors such as Total and Lukoil this year as the re-election this month of reformist Hassan Rouhani...
US Hikes ‘Combat Power’ in Syria, with Eye on Iran-backed Militia
June 1, 2017
By Phil Stewart
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Thursday it had bolstered its "combat power" in southern Syria, warning that it viewed Iran-backed fighters in the area as a threat to...
