Category: 1. Iran

The report documented an 86 percent increase in executions compared with the previous year’s 823 cases. Of those executed, eight were hanged in public, 49 were women, and three were under 18 at the time of the alleged crimes.

“This increase…

Referring to the second anniversary of the Al-Aqsa Flood operation, Hojjatoleslam Haj Ali Akbari said during Friday prayers sermons in Tehran that during the past two years the wicked Israeli regime has suffered numerous defeats; its might has…

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The blatant breach threatens to unravel a hard-won agreement brokered through indirect negotiations involving the U.S. and Egypt. The deal includes a large-scale prisoner exchange and was seen as a major…

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter.

I’m RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I’m looking into the back-and-forth between Israeli and Iranian…

The Amir Kabir Dam, inaugurated in 1960 as Iran’s first multipurpose dam, is now at its lowest level in more than six decades of operation. Once vital to supplying Tehran province, it currently holds only about 14 percent of its 205 million…

“I’m not able to confirm that the Secretary-General would ever have said that,” UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters in New York. He said Aref appeared to be referring to an August meeting in Turkmenistan and pointed to the UN…

The Miankaleh International Wetland in northern Iran has become a seasonal haven for migratory birds, including flamingos, as autumn migration gets underway, according to the head of the Miankaleh Wildlife Refuge and Reserve.