Alarming Rate of Factory Closures
May 03, 2017
By Roshanak Asteraki
The ongoing economic downturn in Iran has led to the closure of an alarming number of factories, manufacturing plants and production units in recent years.
According to the Statistic Centre of...
Iran coal mine explosion kills 35
May 04, 2017
An explosion in a coal mine in northern Iran on Wednesday killed at least 35 workers and injured scores, state media reported.
The blast occurred at 12:45 p.m. local time (0815 GMT) in...
Trump Administration Comes Under Fire From Four Iranian-American Organizations
February 09, 2017
By Peyman Pejman
Four prominent Iranian-American organizations Thursday filed a lawsuit against the administration of President Donald J. Trump, arguing its recent Executive Order banning nationals from Iran and six other predominantly Muslim...
Women Sleeping in Cardboard Boxes to be Sterilised
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
A proposal calling for the compulsory sterilisation of homeless women with drug addiction was introduced last year. The idea received negative reactions from the women’s rights activists and the Ministry of...
Silent Cries of Activists Heard Around the World
January 10, 2017
Arash Sadeqi, a human rights activist, ended his hunger strike after seventy- one days on 3 January, 2017. Iranian authorities had temporarily released his wife, Golrokh Ebrahimi-Iraee, who had been sentenced to...
OPINION: The Road to Middle East Security Goes Through Tehran
By Elahe Boghrat
In the past, the world always expected the Islamic Republic to lash out politically or to respond violently any time it experienced domestic problems or international pressures or felt threatened by genuine...
U.S. Pushes U.N. Security Council to Focus on Iran not Israel
April 21, 2017
United Nations - Reuters
The United States pushed the United Nations Security Council on Thursday to focus on "illegal and dangerous behavior" by Iran and Lebanese group Hezbollah in the Middle East, an...
OPINION: How We Became Activists to Free Our Parents from Tehran’s Evin Prison
By Elika Ashoori and Mariam Claren
On this Human Rights Day, we demand humanity and justice for our parents and for all those who are suffering wrongful imprisonment.
One only starts to miss a quiet,...
Iraj Mesbahzadeh passed away in Houston
November 03, 2016
Iraj Mesbahzadeh passed away on November 3, 2016 in MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.
Iraj was born in Tehran, Iran in 1947. He was the eldest son of Dr. Mostafa Mesbahzadeh,...
Bahrain Security Forces Raid Home of Shi’ite Spiritual Leader
May 23, 2017
By Noah Browning
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahraini security forces on Tuesday raided the home of the kingdom's Shi'ite Muslim spiritual leader and shot dead at least one demonstrator during the operation.
Ayatollah Isa Qassim...
