Iran’s Khamenei Says Next President Should be Less Engaged with West
April 26, 2017
LONDON, April 25 (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader called on presidential candidates on Tuesday to champion economic self-sufficiency, further distancing himself from Hassan Rouhani's policy of opening to the West and seeking...
Iran Attacks Expose Security Gaps, Fuel Regional Tension
June 9, 2017
By Parisa Hafezi
ANKARA (Reuters) - When Islamic State called on members of Iran's Sunni Muslim minority in March to wage a religious war on their Shi'ite rulers, few people took the threat seriously....
Government Battles with IRGC’s financial Mafia Gradual decay of the “sacred regime” from within
September 29, 2016
Two major Iranian banks refused to work with companies affiliated with Khatam-al-Anbiya, the engineering wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) recently. Bank Mellat and Sepah Bank both cited international sanctions...
Supreme Court Gives Trump More Time to File Travel Ban Briefs
June 13, 2017
By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration more time to file papers responding to an appeals court ruling that upheld a block on a...
Expert Warns of AIDS Epidemic in Iran
December 05, 2016
Dr Masoud Mardani, dean of Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University Medical School and a member of the Iranian Research for HIV/AIDS (IRCHA), has warned that the country could face an AIDS epidemic unless a...
Letters to a Young Muslim: A Breath of Fresh Air on Normally Taboo Topics
February 19, 2017
Peyman Pejman
Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, in the United States, the topic of radicalization of mostly young men in the Islamic world has become a top political topic. I...
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...
Deception & Corruption in Iran’s Defense Industries
January 22, 2017
By Babak Taghvaee
Independence and freedom have been the slogan and the stated goal of the Islamic Republic of Iran since the revolution of 1979. The Islamic regime claims to have achieved that...
Hezbollah Says Saudi on Path to More Bloodshed in Iran Struggle
May 25, 2017
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah said on Thursday Saudi Arabia was on a losing path to more bloodshed in its struggle with Iran and instead urged Riyadh to seek dialogue and...
On the Heels of Presidential Elections: a Regime in Disarray
February 27, 2017
By Kamyar Behrang
A curious political trend in elections of recent years in Iran has been the growing presence of populist far-right groups such as the Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces (JAMNA)....
