By Pooya Stone
Italy will ban flights by Iranian airline Mahan Air from mid-December, according to Iranian state media on Saturday.
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”.
Iran Remains the World’s Worst State Sponsor of Terrorism – US
By Pooya Stone
In its annual Country Reports on Terrorism 2018, the United States State Department on Friday described Iran as the “world’s worst state sponsor of terrorism”.
The Untold Story of ISIS
By Jubin Katiraie
ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed.
But where did ISIS come from?
Who were its maker and instigator?
From what date did its organizational structure expand?
U.S. State Department Announces New Sanctions on Iran
By Pooya Stone
The United States State Department announced Thursday that it has imposed sanctions on Iran’s construction sector and the transfer of four materials related to the country’s nuclear or military programs.
Five Arrested in Iran Over Selling “Western” Clothing
By Jubin Katiraie
Five shopkeepers were arrested and 13 stores shut down by security forces in Alborz province, Iran, according to state-run media reports, for selling “unconventional clothing”.
October 2019: Iran’s Human Rights Abuses
By Pooya Stone
At the beginning of every month, the Iran Human Rights Monitor (HRM) releases a report on human rights abuses in Iran during the previous month. The report makes for upsetting reading, but it is still important.
Iran’s Pharmaceutical Crisis Is Not a Result of US Sanctions
By Pooya Stone
The Iranian government has previously complained that the US sanctions it is under have caused major problems with regards to the country’s access to medical equipment and medicine.
