Iran

Why Iranian Women Are Taking Off Their Head Scarves-By NAHID SIAMDOUST On Dec. 27, Vida Movahed stood bareheaded on a utility box on one of Tehran’s busiest thoroughfares, waving her white head scarf on a stick. Within days, images of the 31-year-old, who was detained and then released a few weeks …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan, Mar 7 Jamaluddin Khanjani, one of the leaders of the Baha’i community in Iran, was transferred to hospital after he suffered heart complications in prison. He received heart surgery in the hospital and was once again transferred to Evin Prison. It is worth noting that Mr. Khanjani, born …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Feb 1 As images of Iranian women holding their hijabs aloft spread on social media, an influential activist said women are symbolically rejecting the wider “interference of religion” in their lives. Many Iranian women  are fighting against the most visible symbol of oppression and showed their protest without hijab against  …

What’s Driving Iran’s Protests?  –By :HASSAN HAKIMIAN Iran’s protests, fueled by the rising cost of living and widening economic and social disparities, have quickly morphed into a repudiation of the regime itself. While much of the anger has been directed at the conservative clerical establishment, reformists have as much at …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Dec 30 Anti-government protests continued in Iran for a second day on Friday as thousands took to the streets angry at price increases as well as money spent propping up Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and neighbor countries . The protests continue in many Iranian cities. Thousands of people chanted slogans “Death …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Dec 15  The spokesman of the Iranian Civil Registration Organization announced that the marriage of Iranian women’s citizens with foreigners without obtaining a ” governors marriage license” is prohibited. Seifullah Abu-Torabi, the spokesman of the Iranian Civil Registration Organization in an interview with  a sated media  said: “It is …

Domestic unrest: Iran’s worst nightmare-By: Keyvan Salami The threats posed by Iran in the Middle East through its support for terrorism, extremism and Islamic fundamentalism are undeniable. Its continued backing of various militias has established for Tehran a so-called Shiite crescent across the region. Growing domestic unrest, especially after the …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Nov 20 The United States announced the imposition of sanctions against a network of individuals and legal entities involved in a large-scale scheme for counterfeiting currency to support the destabilizing activities of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). This network used fraudulent measures to circumvent European export control restrictions …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Nov 19 Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) announced on Tuesday that the agency imposed a credit ban on Iran’s Bank Sepah for violating the country’s credit law. Bank Sepah was previously sanctioned for its role in aiding Tehran’s missile program. Sabine Reimer, a BaFin spokeswoman, told The Jerusalem Post on …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Nov 15 In an overwhelming sign of international support for human rights in Iran, 83 countries approved a resolution by the UN Third Committee today criticizing the state of human rights in the Islamic Republic. The resolution by the UN’s Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs, while …