Iran

Pompeo: In Iran, not only religious minorities are persecuted, but anyone who supports them is persecuted

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said: "In Iran, not only religious minorities, but anyone who supports them,...

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Trump: US warship destroyed Iranian drone in Strait of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump has said that a US warship shot down an Islamic Republic drone near the Strait of Hormuz…

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Iran's Yarsan Minority: Centuries of Living in Secrecy and Discrimination

Behnaz Hosseini, a researcher on immigration and religious minorities, wrote a note for the Observers page criticizing false beliefs about the Yarsan minority in…

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Faezeh Hashemi: Allow opponents of compulsory hijab to gather

Faezeh Hashemi is among those who have expressed their outrage over the offensive remarks made by Alam al-Hoda, a broadcaster on the Iranian Broadcasting System (IBS), about…

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Dollar and coin prices fluctuated in Iran's free market

Reports from Iran indicate that the dollar rate in Iran's free market on Wednesday, July 16, was...

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Officers who beat a woman received a certificate of appreciation and a cash gift

Tasnim News Agency reported that, on the orders of the Commander of the Islamic Republic's Police Force, the Chief of Tehran Police reviewed the performance of the officers of the Fourth Police Station...

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One of the signatories of the letter calling for Khamenei's resignation says he has received death threats

Javad Lal Mohammadi, spokesman for the Group of 14, which called for the resignation of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, issued a statement…

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A number of Ministry of Health employees arrested on corruption charges

Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki said a number of ministry employees have been arrested on charges of "financial corruption, misuse of state currency resources...

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