The Week in Review: March.8th- March.15th
By Natasha Phillips
MAR.15 - Human rights lawyer and women’s rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh was sentenced to 38 years in prison and 148 lashes for campaigning against mandatory hijab laws in Iran. A day after...
The Week in Review: November.8th – November.15th
The EU’s relationship with Iran hit another roadblock this week as Iranian officials confirmed they had stepped up their development of Uranium at Iran’s Fordow plant. Germany, Britain and France had previously made repeated...
The Week in Review: May.3rd – May.10th
MAY 10 - The U.S. imposed another round of sanctions on Iran this week, hitting the country’s metal industries. In an executive order released on Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump said that revenue from...
The Week in Review: April.19th – April.26th
By Natasha Phillips
APR. 26 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hinted at the possibility of releasing detained dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe after suggesting a prisoner swap with the U.S. this week. The British-Iranian...
The Week in Review: October.18th – October.25th
Members of the European Parliament demanded that trade conditions with Iran should only be enabled once the Iranian government had addressed its dire human rights record. Alessandra Moretti MEP said, "Iran is a country...
The Week in Review: May.17th – May.24th
MAY 24 - Fears of a war between the U.S. and Iran escalated this week as the Pentagon presented plans to the White House to send thousands more troops to the Middle East. The...
The Week in Review: August.2nd – August.9th
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cited reductions to the Iranian government’s defense budget and cuts to its military proxies, as a measure of the Trump administration’s success in pushing back the government’s malign...
The Week in Review: March.15th- March.22nd
By Natasha Phillips
MAR.22 - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo received a warning this week from Israel that Iran-backed Hezbollah could be winding down its activities in Syria in order to focus on a...
The Week in Review: July.26th – August.2nd
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo renewed restrictions on the Iranian regime’s nuclear program. The restrictions aim to preserve oversight on the Islamic Republic’s program and reduce proliferation risks. Pompeo accused the regime of...
The Week in Review: August.9th – August.16th
The U.S. applied to seize Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 after a Gibraltarian court approved its release on Thursday. The decision to release the ship comes after the UK government pledged to leave the...
