The Week in Review: December.20th – December.27th
This week, Iranians mourned the men, women and children that were killed during the Iran Protests in November. Those vigils were interrupted by a heavy show of Iran’s security forces, with reports of several...
The Week in Review: Jan.11th-Jan.18th
By Natasha Phillips
18 Jan - Iran saw in the Islamic Revolution’s 40th anniversary Wednesday with mixed reactions. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif marked the event with a series of messages on Twitter in which he said...
The Week in Review: November.29th – December.6th
The Iranian government confirmed for the first time that its security forces had shot and killed demonstrators during the protests in November, which left at least 208 people dead. Human rights groups called the...
The Week in Review: March.1st- March.8th
By Natasha Phillips
MAR.8 - Prominent lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh was convicted of national security crimes this week, reports the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). A journalist who says they...
The Week in Review: September.20th – September.27th
Senior U.S. officials said they had evidence that Iran was behind the attack on an important oil facility in Saudi Arabia. Britain, France and Germany backed the U.S. in blaming Iran for the blasts...
The Week in Review: Dec.28th-Jan.4th
By Natasha Phillips
4 Jan - As the Iran protests sweep into 2019 with no sign of stopping, the government has responded with more violent clampdowns on farmers and workers striking over pay. In a...
The Week in Review: September.13th – September.20th
Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif threatened “all out war” if a military strike on Iran was launched, following last weekend’s strikes on one of Saudi Arabia’s most important oil facilities. Saudi Arabia released images...
The Week in Review: April.12th – April.19th
By Natasha Phillips
APRIL. 19 - The U.S. State Department’s designation of the IRGC as a terrorist organization took effect this week. The Iranian government responded with a reciprocal designation for the U.S. global military...
The Week in Review: September.27th – October.4th
A U.S.-Iran four-point plan brokered by French President Emmanuel Macron stalled this week after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani indicated that he would only move forward with the plan if U.S. President Donald Trump lifted...
The Week in Review: March.22nd – March.29th
By Natasha Phillips
MAR.29 - Devastating floods in Iran have left at least 44 people dead and several hundred injured according to the latest reports from Iranian media, with no signs of the floods stopping...
