Some 29 women arrested for taking off their hijab in public in Tehran, Iran Police are cracking down on protests, imposing large bails on women arrested Vida Movahed, whose protest went viral, was held in a Tehran jail for a month Women are protesting the compulsory headscarf, which is religious […]
Source: The New York Times By THOMAS ERDBRINK Inspired perhaps by a “White Wednesday” campaign, several Iranian women have publicly taken off their head scarves and waved them on the end […]
Source: Reuters BY Bozorgmehr Sharafedin LONDON (Reuters) – Instead of blaming others Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei should take responsibility for Iran’s economic and political shortcomings, an opposition leader under house arrest said in a letter published on Tuesday. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gestures as he speaks, […]
Source: Associated Press By JON GAMBRELL DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Guns drawn, Iranian intelligence agents rushed into the apartment of a Washington Post reporter and his journalist wife […]
Source: The Guardian By Phil Hoad The wave of anti-government protests in Iran at the end of December began in one of the country’s conservative strongholds: its second city, Mashhad. Site […]
An Iranian woman who protested the country’s strict dress code by standing on a pillar box in Tehran and waving her hijab is believed to be missing. Fake ambulance worker exposed when teenager died from ecstasy at illegal rave The woman had taken off her white headscarf and waved it […]
By Reuters – Jan 23,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinians walk outside the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem’s Old City at Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Tuesday (AFP photo) OCCUPIED […]
Source: Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader accused Saudi rulers on Tuesday of committing “treason” against Muslims by aligning themselves with the United States and Israel. Addressing parliamentary representatives […]
JEDDAH: Tough new sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump on 14 Iranian individuals and organizations are a political blow and a warning to the regime in Tehran, a leading analyst told Arab News on Saturday. Among those targeted are the powerful politician Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani, the head of Iran’s […]
By Ken Chitwood | June 8, 2017 A boy is evacuated during an attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran, Iran, on June 7, 2017. Photo by Omid Vahabzadeh/TIMA via Reuters (The […]
Source: Associated Press By BRADLEY KLAPPER WASHINGTON (AP) — Reza Pahlavi concentrates intently on the little cellphone in his hand, scrolling through clips of chanting Iranians and explaining why the […]
Source: The New York Times Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, during a meeting with the Iranian government in Tehran last month.CreditGovernment of Iran DUBAI — Iran has banned the teaching of […]
Source: Associated Press By JON GAMBRELL DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A hard-line cleric leading Friday prayers in Iran’s capital called on the Islamic Republic to build its own […]
Source: Th Wall Street Journal By Reuel Marc Gerecht Jan. 4, 2018 7:11 p.m. ET Coverage of the recent tumult in the Islamic Republic of Iran has focused on how […]
Isn’t the man in charge of the CIA’s Iran operations taking a serious interest in the latest events in Iran? Surely he is. That’s his job, isn’t it? BY […]
January 2, 2018 TEHRAN – Iranian government spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht said on Tuesday that it is the right of citizens to hold protests and the government respects it. “From […]
By Setareh Behroozi January 2, 2018 All began with a massive earthquake which hit the western province of Kermanshah on November 12, 2017. The sad news and photos of the […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and IRGC commanders in Tehran, September 18, 2016. (AP Photo) The […]
Source: BBC News Iran’s supreme leader has accused the country’s enemies of stirring days of protests that have claimed at least 22 lives. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was speaking for the […]
Source: BBC News Iran has moved to restrict social media networks that have been used to organise three days of anti-establishment protests. The restrictions on messaging app Telegram and photo […]