By Pooya Stone
In Iran lakes, wetlands and forests are fast disappearings. The dirty air restricts the quality of life. Sandstorms occur; entire tracts of land become barren desert landscapes. The water shortage is due to both government mismanagement and climate change.
By Jubin Katiraie
Both the Arab League and the Gulf Cooperation Council have already classified the Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.
By Jubin Katiraie
The United States carried out a secret cyber operation against Iran after the September 14 attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities, which Washington and Riyadh blame on Tehran, two US officials have told Reuters.
By Pooya Stone
The International Monetary Fund expects Iran’s economy to contract by a massive 9.5% in 2019.
By Jubin Katiraie
The Iranian supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, in a speech at Imam Hossein Military University in Tehran, ordered the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to increase weapons’ proliferation. Reuters reported on October 13.
By Jubin Katiraie
With each passing day, the consequences of sanctions against the Iranian regime become more visible. The withdrawal of Chinese state oil firms from a $5-billion deal to develop the Iranian gas field was the latest event in this context.
By Pooya Stone
Two children in a Baluchistan village drowned while hauling water from a pond, HRANA news agency reported on Thursday, 10 October. The victims, Sara and Bisma, were from the Dashtiari village.
By Jubin Katiraie
Despite plundering people’s properties, Iranian banks affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), the police, the Basij and the army have rising debts, according to Iran experts. As such, the country’s credit council and the three branches of government have decided to merge all banks into the SEPAH bank.
By Pooya Stone
According to global statistics, Iran occupied the sixth place in the world in terms of the most number of prisoners. Yet Iran ranks 19th globally in terms of population. Yet the situation in Iran’s prisons is unique because of the methods of torture and intimidation, especially toward political detainees.
By Jubin Katiraie
In remarks that could easily be perceived as a threat, Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif declared on Thursday that either all countries in the Persian Gulf region will enjoy guarantees of security, or else “they will all be deprived of it.” The remarks appeared in an op-ed published by the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Rai. Both the substance of that editorial and its intended audience were indicative of its role as part of a broader strategy of urging neighboring countries to alter their foreign policy so as to shift away from the US, which has imposed devastating sanctions on the Iranian government over the past year.
