The Week in Review: February 14th – February 21st
As Iran held its parliamentary elections on Friday, forecasts about voter turnout and likely candidate selection dominated the news. Reuters reported that about 11 million of 58 million eligible voters had cast their ballots seven...
The Week in Review: February 7th – February 14th
As the election campaign in Iran got underway, accusations that the government was trying to silence journalists ahead of the parliamentary elections were made by the Center for Human Rights in Iran.
The Center claimed that...
The Week in Review: January 31st – February 7th
Josep Borrell, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and the Vice-President of the European Commission, visited Iran on Monday to meet with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, the Speaker of the Majlis, Ali...
The Week in Review: January 24th – January 31st
U.S. President Donald Trump announced sanctions waivers for Iran’s nuclear program with a lifespan of 60 days. Meanwhile, Iran’s lawmakers called for a debate in the Majlis (Iran’s Parliament), to discuss a motion for Iran to...
The Week in Review: January 17th – January 24th
Following the assassination of former Quds Force chief, General Qassem Soleimani, U.S. special representative for Iran, Brian Hook, said Soleimani's successor, Esmail Ghaani, would meet the same fate if he killed Americans.
Washington had blamed...
The Week in Review: January 10th – January 17th
Footage of another violent crackdown by Iran’s security forces against demonstrators in Iran were shared across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, with some videos appearing to show protestors shot and injured by police.
Protestors had taken...
The Week in Review: January 3rd – January 10th
The Iranian government approved missile strikes on two military bases in Iraq as part of the regime’s acts of revenge against the U.S. for its assassination of former Quds Force chief, General Qassem Soleimani....
The Week in Review: December.27th – January 3rd
Iran’s top military commander was assassinated in a U.S. air strike that targeted a convoy driving through Baghdad airport on Thursday. General Qassem Soleimani died alongside Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iraq’s...
