Powerful Saudi Prince Sees No Chance for Dialogue with Iran
May 02, 2017
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's powerful deputy crown prince has ruled out any dialogue with Iran, a country he said was busy plotting to control the Muslim world.
Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the...
Quarter of Tehran’s Female Residents Suffer Domestic Abuse
October 30, 2017
Recent data has shown that 27 percent of women aged between 19 and 49 who live in Tehran have been the victims of some form of domestic violence during the past year.
Farid...
Economic Meltdown and Public Outcry
March 13, 2017
By Roshanak Asteraki
At a meeting on 28 February 2017, the head of Iran’s plan and budget organization, Mohammad Baqer Nobakht, spoke in great detail about top priorities of the 2017-18 annual budget,...
Iran’s Re-engagement With The World at Stake in Friday Presidential Vote
May 17, 2017
By Parisa Hafezi
- Rouhani seeks to energise reformist vote
- Many disappointed at lack of jobs and change
- Hardliners unite behind cleric Raisi (Adds Mousavi's decision to vote)
ANKARA (Reuters) - Iranians vote for president on Friday...
Syria peace talks in Astana postponed – Kazakhstan foreign ministry
June 8, 2017
ASTANA (Reuters) - Russia, Turkey and Iran have postponed a planned round of talks on Syria in Kazakhstan, which Moscow had proposed to hold on June 12-13, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
A...
Syrian Rebels Say U.S., Allies Sending More Arms to Fend Off Iran Threat
May 30, 2017
By Tom Perry, Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Maher Chmaytelli
BEIRUT/AMMAN/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Syrian rebels say the United States and its allies are sending them more arms to try to fend off a new push...
Iran Postpones Historic Art Exhibit in Berlin
December 07, 2016
by: Azadeh Karimi
On November 21, Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri, Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, announced that the plan to exhibit a collection of artworks from Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA)...
Drug Addiction Among Workers
January 26, 2017
By Rohshanak Asteraki
The widespread use of hard drugs among Iranian workers in various industries has prompted reluctant authorities to warn against the serious addiction epidemic plaguing the nation. In March 2015, the...
Bouygues Deal to Build Tehran Airport Terminal Canceled
May 06, 2017
A preliminary deal signed by Bouygues (BOUY.PA) last year to build and run a new terminal at Tehran's Khomeini airport has been canceled, a spokesman for the French construction group said on...
US-Russia Cooperation in Syria Alarms Tehran
January 31, 2017
By Reza Taghizade
Amid a flurry of executive orders issued in the first week of the new U.S. administration, Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon and the State Department to draw up plans...
