By Jubin Katiraie
Internet censorship in Iran has been increasing. In the first few years of the 21st century, Iran experienced a great surge in Internet usage. As of 2018, Iran has an estimate Internet penetration rate of between 64% to 69% out of a population of about 82 million.
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.
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.
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.
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”.
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”.
By Pooya Stone
The iconic Tahrir Square in Baghdad has transformed into the capital of this uprising aiming to overthrow the government.
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.
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”.
