By Pooya Stone
Iranian banks are notorious for corruption. During the seventh hearing of the Tehran Court on corruption allegations at Mellat and Parsian Banks, it was revealed that the bank had lost about 110 million dirhams.
Iran Violates Nuclear Deal; EU Warns Against It
By Pooya Stone
Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi told state television on Monday that the country is launching a new array of 30 advanced IR-6 centrifuges, further reducing Iran’s compliance with its commitments under the 2015 nuclear agreement between the Islamic Republic and world powers.
18 Iran Businesses Sealed for Breaking Islamic Law
By Jubin Katiraie
Some 18 businesses have been sealed-off in south-western Abadan city, Iran, because they did not observe Islamic rituals and law, according to the commander of the state security forces there.
IRAN – Caspian Water Transfer: For Public Service or Plunder?
By Jubin Katiraie
The unclearness in the Caspian Sea Water Transmission Project to the Iranian province of Semnan and the Iranian government’s insistence on carrying out the project at any cost has cast doubts on the project. After the plundering of forests, mountains and the ground, now a new phenomenon is being looted: “seawater”.
US Treasury Designates New Sanctions on Iran Targeting Supreme Leader’s Inner Circle
By Pooya Stone
The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action on Monday against Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff and nine individuals who are appointees of, or have acted for or on behalf of, Ali Khamenei, the “Iranian regime’s unelected Supreme Leader whose office is responsible for advancing Iran’s radical agenda”.
Iran Suffering Setbacks in Iraq and Lebanon
By Pooya Stone
The iconic Tahrir Square in Baghdad has transformed into the capital of this uprising aiming to overthrow the government.
Iranian Hostage-Takers Mark 40th Anniversary As High-Level Officials
By Jubin Katiraie
At the beginning of November 1979, a group of people took over the United States Embassy in the Iranian capital. It became a hostage situation that lasted 444 days in total.
Iraqi People’s Campaign to Boycott Iranian Goods in Markets
By Jubin Katiraie
Iraqi people have launched a campaign to boycott goods coming from Iran in the country’s markets. Activists choose a hashtag “Let it rot,” (#خليها_تخيس) for this campaign and call on Iraqis to boycott any product that marked “made in Iran”.
Iran’s Wave of Brain Drain
By Pooya Stone
Surna Sattari, the science and technology vice president of Iran, denied that brain drain in Iran, calling the elite escape “an organized move”.
