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...
Turkey’s Erdogan says Saudi king should resolve Gulf rift during Ramadan -RTP
June 15, 2017
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called on Saudi Arabia's King Salman to resolve the rift with Qatar before the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, according to an...
Playing Heavy Metal and Drumming as a Woman in the Islamic Republic of Iran...
By Natasha Phillips
Pioneering Iranian musician Shirin Vazei has played the drums for several rock bands in Iran, taking the heavy metal scene by storm while shaking up gender stereotypes in her home country.
Heavy metal...
Bill to Amend Labour Law Angers Iranian Workers
December 10, 2016
By: Roshanak Asteraki
In recent days, numerous workers and trade union activists have gathered in front of the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) to protest government’s proposed law to amend a labour code that in...
OPINION: The Supreme Leader of Iran’s Network of Influence in the UK
By Potkin Azarmehr
This week, Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of the jailed British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, has gone on hunger strike in an attempt to persuade the UK foreign secretary to do more to...
Iran Fails to Attract Foreign Tourists
February 15, 2017
By Roshanak Asteraki
A record number of 21 countries and 381 Iranian companies participated in the tenth Tehran International Tourism Exhibition (T.I.T.E), held at the capital’s International Permanent Fairground, from 6 to 9...
U.S. Envoy Urges Russia to Help Avoid Tension with Iran
June 7, 2017
By Ahmed Rasheed
BAGHDAD(Reuters) - The United States counts on its regular communications with Russia to help avoid a conflict with Iranian-backed forces threatening U.S. and U.S.-backed forces in southern Syria, a U.S. envoy...
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...
Iran has built third underground ballistic missile factory – Fars news agency
May 25, 2017
ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran has built a third underground ballistic missile production factory and will keep developing its missile programme, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Thursday, in a development likely...
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...
