Oversight and accountability…or a bunch of yes-men fawning over the Supreme Leader? This new Campaign video takes a look at two competing views on the role of the Assembly of Experts which cut to the core of the choice Iran faces as it approaches elections ...
The Iranian government, in a joint project with several domestic universities, is spending $36 million to develop what it calls “smart filtering” in ...
The 70-year-old father of a student who has not been heard from for 17 years since his arrest has been sentenced to 91 days in prison ...
Namazi Reportedly on Hunger Strike at Evin Now Siamak Namazi, the Iranian-American businessman who was arrested in October while visiting family in Tehran, ...
Keyvan Karimi, an Iranian Kurdish documentary filmmaker, has been sentenced to 223 lashes and one year in prison for “insulting the sacred.” ...
Political satire by Ebrahim Nabavi Elections will be held in Iran in a few days and in the U.S. in a ...
Four convicted staff members of a leading Iranian technology website who were free on bail while awaiting an Appeals Court verdict on their cases ...
Security guards have prevented women from watching the Beach Volleyball World Championship on Iran’s Kish Island for a third consecutive day with ...
On Valentine's Day this year, shops were prohibited from displaying any signs or selling any products associated with the “decadent Western cultural phenomenon ...
The civil and children’s rights activist, Atena Daemi, has been released on bail until an Appeals Court hears the objections ...
Despite assurances by Iranian authorities that they would comply with international rules and allow women to attend the Beach Volleyball World Championship on Kish Island, women are being turned away. Following refusal of authorities to allow female ...
Political satire by Ebrahim Nabavi All 16 women who applied to stand as candidates in the elections for the Assembly of Experts, the body of ...
An Iranian activist imprisoned for his social media activity has gone on a wet hunger strike to protest the Judiciary’s rejection of his request ...
Shops are prohibited from displaying any signs or selling any products associated with the “decadent Western cultural phenomenon known as Valentine’s Day,” Iran’s police ...
Afghan students are being subjected to physical punishment and discrimination in Iranian schools, according to media reports in Iran that the government has tried ...
The Islamic Republic of Iran refers to the anniversary of the 1979 Revolution as the “Explosion of Light.” But the reality is quite dark…filled ...
In addition to the massive disqualifications of moderate candidates for upcoming elections in Iran, hardliners have implemented another strategy to prevent challenges to their ...
Authorities Block App within 24 Hours of Its Debut A smartphone application aimed at helping Iranian users avoid the country’s morality police became a smash hit immediately ...
3000 reformist applicants (99%) disqualified for Parliament in first vetting. 63% of all applicants disqualified in first vetting, reduced to 40% in second round. Prominent ayatollahs excluded ...
More than two dozen prominent lawyers, including well-known human rights defenders, have been disqualified from running in next month’s election for the Iranian Bar ...
Iran’s judicial authorities have hinted that Kurdish prisoner of conscience Zeinab Jalalian could go on furlough if she agreed ...
“Tell our friends for us, remember the spent candle! Remember!" Iranian cartoonist Touka Neyestani's ...
Political satire by Ebrahim Nabavi “My opponents should definitely vote in the elections, but there’s no need for them to become candidates,” said Ayatollah ...
First they called it “white marriage,” now it’s “black coupling.” But no matter how Iranian officials choose to denigrate the upward trend of young unmarried ...
Updated on January 26, 2017: Bahman Daroshafaei’s one-year prison sentence for “propaganda against the state” has been reduced to a five million toman ($1,545 USD) fine ...
