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...
IRGC and the Opium Trade
April 12, 2017
By Ahmad Rafat
Italian authorities have arrested ten individuals in recent days suspected of smuggling opium out of Iran. The group’s leader is a 39 year old Iranian man who had been operating...
Amid Regional Strains, Qatar Says Hackers Post Fake Comments by Emir
May 24, 2017
CAIRO (Reuters) - Qatar said on Wednesday its state news agency had been hacked, after it reported remarks purportedly by its ruler criticising aspects of U.S. foreign policy in the wake of...
Iran’s Rouhani Calls for Better Gulf Ties in Call with Qatar Emir
May 27, 2017
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani called on Saturday for improved relations with Gulf Arab countries during a telephone call with the emir of Qatar, which has come under fire...
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...
Kurdish independence in Iraq likely “not if but when”-U.S. general
May 23, 2017
By Phil Stewart
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Iraqi Kurdish push for independence from Baghdad appears likely to be a question of "not if but when," in a significant challenge to Iraq's stability, the...
What Would You Do If You Had Only One Day of Freedom? Husband Asks
April 02, 2017
Sunday, April 2, 2017, marks the one year anniversary of detention in Iran of British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. The 38-year-old mother was arrested during a family visit to Iran last year. She is...
Trump tells Middle East to ‘drive out’ Islamist extremists, Saudi King attacks Iran while...
May 22, 2017
President Donald Trump urged Arab and Islamic leaders on Sunday to unite and do their share to defeat Islamist extremists, making an impassioned plea to "drive out" terrorists while toning down his...
Women’s Day in Iran
January 09, 2017
In a highly controversial move on 7 January, 1936, Reza Shah, the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty, banned Islamic hijab and various kinds of head cover, including chador, veil, and headscarf. As contentious...
Parastou Forouhar Remembers Her Parents, 19 Years After Their Murder
By Parastou Forouhar
November 14, 2017 November 22 will mark the 19th anniversary of the death of Dariush Forouhar, leader of the Nation Party of Iran, and his wife Parvaneh Eskandari Forouhar. They were killed...
