How Islamism Drives Muslims to Convert Image
Source: The New York Times By Mustafa Akyol March 25, 2018 The antigovernment protests that erupted in Iran in the last days of 2017 showed that millions of Iranians are now […]
Iran denies Saudi allegations of harbouring bin Laden’s son
Reuters International This content was published on March 20, 2018 2:42 PMMar 20, 2018 – 14:42 LONDON (Reuters) – Tehran denied on Tuesday allegations made by Saudi Crown Prince […]
New cycle of nuclear weaponisation
Mar 18,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has warned in no uncertain terms that his country would without a doubt develop and acquire nuclear arsenal […]
U.S. general signals support for Iran nuclear deal
Reuters International This content was published on March 13, 2018 U.S. Army General Joseph Votel, commander of the U.S. Central Command, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on […]
Women in Iran are pulling off their headscarves — and hoping for a ‘turning point’
Source: The Washington Post By Erin Cunningham March 8 ISTANBUL — Iranian women have been raising a new challenge to their Islamic government, breaking one of its most fundamental rules by pulling off […]
Wife of Iranian-Canadian who died in jail barred from leaving Iran: Son
London, March 8 The wife of an Iranian-Canadian environmental activist who died in prison in Tehran last month was barred from leaving Iran, one of her sons said, in an unexplained move that drew an angry response from Canada. Raam Emami said in an email to journalists that security forces had not […]
Threatened with ‘acid, rape, abuse’: Protesting Iran’s compulsory hijab law
Source: CNN By Hannah Ritchie, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN is committed to covering gender inequality wherever it occurs in the world. This story is part of As Equals, a year-long […]
Collapse of Iran nuclear deal would be ‘great loss’, IAEA tells Trump
Reuters International This content was published on March 5, 2018 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano gestures during an interview with Reuters at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger (reuters_tickers) By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – A collapse of the Iran nuclear […]
Spurned by U.S. and Facing Danger Back Home, Iranian Christians Fear the Worst
Source: The New York Times By MIRIAM JORDAN LOS ANGELES — They sold their homes and possessions, quit their jobs, and left their country — they thought for good. The Iranians, […]
Rouhani says Iran ‘ready’ to talk to Arab neighbours
By AFP – Feb 28,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Tehran, Iran — President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday said Iran is ready to discuss regional security issues with its Gulf Arab neighbours […]
No Peace after Islamic State: Foreign Powers Compete for a Slice of Syria
Islamic State has largely been defeated, but peace in Syria has not been achieved. On the contrary, without a common enemy, parties involved are now pursuing their own interests, […]
(old news, but still …): Clinton: Destroy Syria for Israel
March 22, 2016 A newly-released Hilary Clinton email confirmed that the Obama administration has deliberately provoked the civil war in Syria as the “best way to help Israel.” In an […]
More women in Iran put their right foot forward as headscarf protests persist
More women in Iran put their right foot forward as headscarf protests persist 23 February 2018 A video showing an Iranian policeman shoving a woman protesting against mandatory headscarves off her makeshift podium in a busy Tehran street sparked criticism on social media on Friday. The video of the solitary […]
Can Israel go to war against Iran?
EMRE GÖNEN For the first time in a long while, Israel cannot count on clear backing from the U.S., because of the very hesitant and sometimes criminally unintelligible U.S. […]
Commercial plane crash in Iran kills all 66 people on board
Source: Daily Sabah An Iranian commercial aircraft carrying 66 people crashed on Sunday in southern Iran, a semi-official news agency reported. Spokesman for the Aseman Airlines, which operated the plane, told state TV that the crash killed all 66 people on board. The ATR-72, a twin-engine turboprop used for short-distance […]
Hijab Protests Expose Iran’s Core Divide
Source: The New Yorker By Robin Wright It was the quietest protest Iran has ever witnessed. Vida Movahed, a thirty-one-year-old mother of a toddler, stood atop a large utility box on Tehran’s busy Enghelab […]
Iran’s hijab protests cap years of evolution
By AFP – Feb 08,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Iranian women wearing hijab walk down a street in the capital Tehran, on Wednesday (AFP photo) TEHRAN — A spate […]
Early chaos of Trump’s travel ban set stage for a year of immigration policy debates
Source: The Washington Post By Wesley Lowery and Josh Dawsey February 6 Email the author Iraqi immigrant Hameed Darwish speaks with Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez after being released at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, […]
Woman Arrested For Removing Hijab in Tehran Refuses to Repent Despite Facing 10 Years in Prison
Source: Center for Human Rights in Iran Narges Hosseini, who was arrested for protesting Iran’s compulsory hijab, refused to appear in court to face charges punishable by up to 10 […]
Compulsory Veils? Half of Iranians Say ‘No’ to Pillar of Revolution
Source: The New York Times By THOMAS ERDBRINK A poster of President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran. Mr. Rouhani, a moderate compared with Iran’s hard-liners, has called for more freedoms for Iranians. CreditNewsha […]