Islamic Republic

The Islamic Republic's policies in the fight against drugs have failed; at least 5 percent of the Iranian population is addicted

An Iranian official has reported that 5 percent of the country's population is addicted to drugs. According to media reports…

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Khamenei's "order" to prepare Persian Gulf islands for human settlement

Alireza Tangsiri, commander of the Revolutionary Guards Navy, says the Leader of the Islamic Republic "ordered" residential construction on the islands of the Persian Gulf and is ready to...

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Iran remains silent about 12 Iranians detained in the United States despite promise of prisoner swap

Iran appears to have little overt or covert support for the 12 Iranians accused or convicted of crimes in…

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PEN World Association calls for release of political and ideological prisoners

The World Pen Association, in a tweet, called on the Islamic Republic to release political prisoners and dissidents. The association…

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A US Congressman: Khamenei's denial turned Qom and Mashhad into the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak for Shiite pilgrims

John Curtis, a Republican representative from Utah and a member of the House Foreign Relations Committee, blamed the Islamic Republic's leader...

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Mike Pompeo: The Iranian regime spends the country's wealth on terrorism and says it has no money to take care of its people

The US Secretary of State says that while Islamic Republic officials say they do not have the money to provide medicine for the Iranian people, we…

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Amnesty International protests the execution of Shayan Saeedpour

Amnesty International has condemned the execution of Shayan Saeedpour as prohibited under international law and described it as a sign of the Islamic Republic's vindictiveness...

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Rabiei on the "missing" of $4.8 billion: The Court of Accounts' report is not "comprehensive"

In the continuation of the Court of Accounts' conflict with the government over the "missing" of nearly $5 billion in payments for...

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