OPINION: Will the U.N. Security Council Extend the Arms Embargo Against Iran?
By Dr. Bahram Ghiassee
Dr. Bahram Ghiassee is a London-based nuclear analyst and academic. He holds dual qualifications in nuclear science and technology, and international law. He is a chartered member of the UK Nuclear Institute,...
Marjane Satrapi Releases ‘Radioactive,’ Biopic of Marie Curie
By Nazanine Nouri
The Iranian-born, Oscar-nominated director Marjane Satrapi has a new movie out. “Radioactive” is the story of the scientist Marie Curie, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and the only woman...
Video Interview With Yasmine Pahlavi, Wife of Prince Reza Pahlavi
By Azadeh Karimi and Ali Eshtiagh
Yasmine Pahlavi is the wife of the former Iranian Crown Prince, Reza Pahlavi. She is a children’s rights lawyer, and has played an active role in highlighting the plight...
Iran Insists on Maintaining Strong Presence In Syria
November 14, 2017 Following the creation of a safe zone in southern Syria by Russia, Jordan and the U.S., Moscow has agreed to urge the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’s Qods Force to withdraw from...
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...
Anti-Money Laundering Body Concerned by Iran’s Activities
November 10, 2017 The Financial Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental policy-making body that combats money laundering, terrorism financing and other related threats to the “integrity of the international financial system.” It was established in 1989...
Women Drivers With Improper Hijab to Receive Police SMS Warnings
November 9, 2017
Police in Tehran have started to use mobile phone text messaging to warn women drivers who violate the mandatory hijab dress code, said the Tehran Prosecutor General, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi.
“The experiment by...
Most Children Suffer Abuse at Home, Says Iranian Ministry Official
November 10, 2017
The majority of Iranian children are abused at home by an immediate family member, according to a recent report by the Iranian Ministry of Cooperative, Labor and Social Welfare.
Dr. Roozbeh Kordoni, a...
Empress Farah Gives Remembers Her Coronation 50 Years Ago
First Published November 03, 2017
In its October 31 issue, the French weekly Point de Vue published an exclusive interview with Iran’s former Empress Farah Pahlavi to mark the 50th anniversary of her coronation.
In 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...
