By Pooya Stone
The decision to reinstate Iran on the Financial Action Task Force blacklist came after more than three years of warnings from FATF urging Iran to either enact terrorist financing conventions or see its reprieve from the blacklist lifted and some countermeasures imposed.
By Jubin Katiraie
Northwest Iran was hit by a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in the early hours of Sunday, with the areas of Qatar, near Zarabad, most heavily affected. There, residents experienced dozens of aftershocks throughout the day, following the initial quake at 9.23 am local time.
By Jubin Katiraie
The Iranian government has so far announced twelve deaths linked to the coronavirus outbreak, making Iran the country with the highest number of fatalities outside of China. While Turkey’s Health Minister said that his Iranian counterpart told him that 758 people could be infected.
By Jubin Katiraie
During the last week, the coronavirus became the main crisis in Iran, while the Iranian authorities tried to hide the dimension of the disaster, but as this became an outbreak this is not possible anymore.
By Pooya Stone
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran is “shocked” over the number of deaths, injuries, arrests, and ill-treatment of those detained during the November 2019 protests.
By Jubin Katiraie
A New York Times article from earlier this month presents a completely biased and false account of the Iranian opposition Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK).
By Pooya Stone
In the power struggle between Iran’s ruling factions to win more seats in the parliament, there is revealing widespread speculation about the dire economic situation and the government's inability to resolve it.
By Jubin Katiraie
The defeat of Iran’s regime election sham was already clear because of its brutal crackdown on the Iran protests in November 2019. This issue has been acknowledged by the regime’s officials in various direct or indirect terms.
By Pooya Stone
LG and Samsung companies operating in the home appliance market have ended their work in Iran following the US sanctions. The departure of these two companies will be a major blow to the regime’s turbulent economy.
By Jubin Katiraie
Brian Hook, the United States’ special envoy for Iran, announced on Thursday 20th February that the US Treasury Department is issuing new sanctions on the Iranian regime’s powerful Guardian Council and the affiliated Elections Supervision Committee.
By Pooya Stone
On February 16, authorities of Iran’s notorious Evin prison announced and enforced new restrictions on female political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared. The guards of the notorious Evin Prison imposed a prohibition deprived her of family visits for three weeks.
By Jubin Katiraie
Two people in Qom, Iran, have died from the coronavirus (COVID19) an Iranian health official said on Wednesday.
By Pooya Stone
On February 18, the Persian edition of the Kurdistan Human Rights Network reported that 17 Iranian Kurdish political prisoners called on the Iranian people to boycott the parliamentary elections on February 21.
By Jubin Katiraie
The Iranian authorities have not yet revealed exactly how many Iranians were arrested during the November 2019 uprising, but they have begun to issue harsh sentences against a number of them.
By Jubin Katiraie
The representative for the Iranian judiciary announced Tuesday that the prison sentences of eight environmentalists, sentenced to a total of 58 years in prison, were upheld by the court of appeals without the defendants' lawyers being present.
By Pooya Stone
Iran’s upcoming Parliamentary election comes at a time of major domestic and international crises for the regime.
By Pooya Stone
On February 13, a political prisoner Hamzeh Darvish (Talesh) wrote a letter addressing the Iranian people about the scheduled parliamentary elections on February 21.
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