Category: 1. Iran

In a new day of interconnected protests, Iranian cities witnessed a broad social movement, spanning from Esfahan and Ahvaz to Kermanshah, Shush, and Yazd. Retirees crushed by inflation, exhausted bakers, suffocated industrialists, and angry truck…

Forced into exile when the ayatollahs imposed a theocracy in Iran, the late shah and his family have been vilified by the regime for 46 years. Yet Farah Pahlavi, the shah’s widow and Iran’s last queen, says she still enjoys the affection and…

Its ultimate…

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned European powers against a “strategy of confrontation” over Tehran’s nuclear program, according to comments published in a French weekly on Sunday as reported by AFP. 

“This strategy of…

Iranian political prisoner Ehsan Faridi has been sentenced to death on charges of “spreading corruption on earth,” a ruling quietly issued months ago but only recently made public, according to information obtained by Iran International.

Why it matters:

The agreements signal deepening economic and diplomatic relations between the two Muslim-majority nations at a time when Iran is expanding its outreach in Central Asia to counter sanctions and diversify trade…

TEHRAN – SC Heerenveen is unlikely to extend a new contract with Alireza Jahanbakhsh. The attacker is currently injured and is expected to be sidelined for several weeks, which likely means the end of his season.

It is unclear what Jahanbakhsh…

Why it matters:

If the sanctions relief and nuclear commitments remain on the table, improved mutual understanding could lay the…