Category: 1. Iran

For decades, millions of Afghans fleeing war, persecution, and poverty have sought refuge in neighboring Iran.

But crossing the 921-kilometer-long border has become increasingly dangerous for many Afghans as the Iranian authorities violently…

Iranian border guards shot and killed at least 10 Afghans who entered Iran illegally in early December, according to Taliban officials. As RFE/RL’s Safiullah Stanikzai explains, it is part of a growing border crackdown by Iran and highlights the…

Why it matters:

The decision highlights the lack of public support for opposition calls and underscores the limits of using international awards as political leverage against the Maduro government.

The big picture:

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The Third Joint Meeting of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the People’s Republic of China concluded with the release of an official press statement, in which Beijing reaffirmed its readiness to continue supporting…

According to Mehr News Agency, the session was jointly chaired by Mehdi Dousti, Iran’s Deputy Minister for Regional Coordination and Development at the Ministry of Interior, and Vladimir Ilichev, Russia’s Deputy Minister of Economic…

Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeed Iravani, told the UN General Assembly that the world has a binding legal and moral duty to prevent and punish genocide wherever it occurs. Speaking at the session marking the…