Iran

Ahmadinejad: "Security corruption gang" in the country's Security Council has demanded action against me

Following his recent video message about the Khuzestan protests, the former Iranian president claimed that a "security gang" was in the Council of…

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Protests continue in Khuzestan; US: We are monitoring reports of shooting at protesters

Protests over water shortages in a number of cities in Khuzestan continued for the seventh consecutive night on Wednesday, July 20. In the same…

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Netblocks: Mobile internet disruptions continue following protests in Khuzestan

Netblocks, which monitors internet restrictions around the world, reported on Wednesday, July 20, that significant disruptions to mobile internet continued in the province…

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Daughter of Nahid Taghavi, a dual-citizen prisoner in Iran, says her mother has contracted coronavirus

After news was released regarding the recent outbreak of the coronavirus in the women's ward of Evin Prison, the son of Nahid Taghavi, a prisoner...

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Protests over water shortages in Khuzestan continue for seventh day; US supports Iranian people's right to peaceful assembly

Widespread protests in Khuzestan over water shortages continued for the seventh day, and according to citizen-journalists, protests continued on Wednesday, July 20th.

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Hundreds of artists and filmmakers express solidarity with the people of Khuzestan

A number of cultural and cinema activists, including Hossein Alizadeh, expressed their solidarity with the people in separate messages and statements.

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Corona in Iran; Increase in red provinces and the ambiguous situation of vaccination

The Public Relations Department of the Iranian Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that 213 people have died from the virus in the past 24 hours.

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Human rights, political and labor activists detained in Tehran released

Reports from Tehran indicate that a number of human, political, civil, and labor rights activists who were arrested on Tuesday evening…

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