By Pooya Stone
Three females’ Iranian athletes have left the country since December 2019 with no intention to return, thanks to the misogynistic rule of the mullahs. They are Olympic athlete Kimia Alizadeh, chess referee Shohreh Bayat, and International Chess Master Sara-Sadat Khadem-o Shari’eh (Sara Khadem).
By Jubin Katiraie
The Iranian authorities executed two men, including an 81-year-old man, in Chaharmahal Bakhtiari Province on January 27, according to the state-run ROKNA news agency.
By Jubin Katiraie
When Iran shot down a commercial airliner on January 8, officials seemed to have a cover story ready before the plane even hit the ground, killing all 176 people on board.
By Pooya Stone
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif, even after the eliminating of Iran’s Quds force commander, is ready to negotiate.
By Jubin Katiraie
An Iranian political prisoner is in a critical condition, too weak to even stand up on his own two legs, and in need of urgent medical treatment and surgery in an actual hospital, but the Iranian authorities are denying him the care he needs.
By Pooya Stone
“Sometimes an earthquake causes just one ripple on the ground, or a few cracks and fissures in works of art, bridges, and buildings. After thousands of years of earthquakes, a large crevice appears in the landscape like those in Iceland or the San Andreas Fault in California.
By Jubin Katiraie
Iranian protesters detained in Tehran’s notorious Fashafuyeh Prison are under severe torture by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) intelligence agents, according to human rights sources.
By Pooya Stone
Iranian Chief Justice Ebrahim Raisi has referred to the Iranian military’s downing of a Ukrainian airliner that killed 176 people as “an incident” and said that Iran was the safest country in the world.
By Jubin Katiraie
As Iran prepares for the 2020-2021 fiscal year, the administration’s only plan to compensate the budget deficit is to further tax the impoverished segments of the society, creating prospects for more nationwide protests.
By Pooya Stone
According to Iran’s official IRNA news agency, the Minister of Education of Hassan Rouhani’s government pledged in a visit to Bashar al-Assad’s Syria that they’re ready to participate in the rebuilding of educational facilities in the country.
