By Pooya Stone
The widespread and persistent economic corruption in a country is due to the entire government’s structure and not a few executives in the government. A corrupt economic structure is primarily due to political corruption in a dictatorship that allows corruption throughout society.
By Jubin Katiraie
Not a day goes by in Iran without news about the death of, and injury to, workers in workplace accidents. For this regime, the lives of workers are an irrelevant issue. The regime’s inaction in this regard has always made Iran one of the world’s record-holders in workplace accidents.
By Pooya Stone
“If we don’t pass FATF bills, a dark future will be lying in wait,” Ahmad Pourfallah, advisor of Iran’s chamber of commerce in Italy, warned on December 22.
By Jubin Katiraie
On Thursday, the US government simultaneously reaffirmed its commitment to a strategy of maximum pressure on the Iranian government and its support of Iran’s popular resistance.
By Jubin Katiraie
This report is based on statements by eyewitnesses in Iran whose names are being withheld.
By Jubin Katiraie
On Friday evening [December 20], the director of the Red Crescent Society of Kurdistan Province Mohammad Bagher Mohammadi announced that the body of a 14-year-old porter was discovered at Zhalaneh Mountain pass in Sarvabad county.
By Jubin Katiraie
Iranian state media, especially those close to the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, launched a wide propaganda campaign about the prospects for the regime before Rouhani’s trip this past week to Malaysia and Japan.
By Jubin Katiraie
The shattered economy of the Iranian Government and its grim prospects, especially after the November uprising, have been debated within the regime’s factions. On the economic coordination the Keyhan daily, affiliated to the Supreme Leader, wrote:
By Jubin Katiraie
Iran’s First Vice President is pleased to announce that ‘the Iranian economy was collapsing but …’ is not over yet.
By Pooya Stone
Shab-e Yalda [Yalda night in Persian] is an Iranian festival annually celebrated on the “longest night of the year” by the people of all ranges. Yalda, which calendrically corresponds to the night of December 20-21, counts as the longest and darkest night in the Persian calendar.
