By Pooya Stone
A female political prisoner has revealed that the authorities are intensifying pressure on female political prisoners by transferring them to Qarchak Prison in Varamin, the notorious women’s prison that she is held in.
Iran’s Officials Confiscate House of Political Prisoners
By Jubin Katiraie
The Iranian authorities have made the children of two political prisoners homeless by confiscating their homes.
Iran: Poverty Line Approaches 9 Million Tomans
By Pooya Stone
On May 8, Dr. Mohammad Reza Mahboub-Far, a social pathologist, revealed surprising truths about the Iranian people’s conditions and the state of the poverty line in Iran. “In May 2019, the poverty line was announced at 8 million tomans [$506]. Regrettably, today, the poverty line for a family of four has approached nearly 9 million tomans [$539],” ROKNA quoted Mahboub-Far as saying.
Iran Arrests Three and Closes 147 Shops for “Not Following Sharia Law”
By Pooya Stone
The Iranian authorities have sealed shut 147 shops and arrested three people in several provinces across the country for “not following Sharia law” during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
Iran – The Pre-Launch of an “Erupting Volcano”
By Jubin Katiraie
Despite Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani’s misconduct and concealment, the Coronavirus’s death toll in Iran is rising sharply.
Iranian Workers, Scrambling with Poverty and Living Below the Death Line
By Pooya Stone
In Iran, given the systematic corruption and mismanagement, workers flagrantly suffer from lack of basic rights in comparison to laborers in other countries. Meanwhile, many of them do not receive their low wages and suffer from livelihood pressures.
Hezbollah’s Sanctioning and Tehran’s Claims
By Jubin Katiraie
Since April 30, when German authorities sanctioned the Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah, Revolutionary Guards’ (IRGC) commanders started attacking Germany with ironic retorts.
Unbridled Poverty, An Inherent Outcome of Iran’s Systematic Corruption
By Pooya Stone
According to a 2017 World Bank development report, “systematic corruption” means the private use of public resources. In 2019, the organization Transparency International ranked Iran 130 among the world’s 180 countries for such corruption.
Iran’s Jahan-e Sanat Daily: The Government Has Chosen the Economic Cycle Over People’s Health
By Pooya Stone
In an interview with the Iranian state-run Jahan Sanat daily on Thursday, May 7, the head of Iran’s Sociological Association announced the inefficiency of the government in the fight against the coronavirus.
