برچسب: Features in English
Trump Administration Comes Under Fire From Four Iranian-American Organizations
February 09, 2017
By Peyman Pejman
Four prominent Iranian-American organizations Thursday filed a lawsuit against the administration of President Donald J. Trump, arguing its recent Executive...
US and Iran Sailing into Unchartered Waters
February 09, 2017
By Peyman Pejman
As the administration of President Donald J. Trump continues to battle in U.S. court its recent travel ban into the...
U.S. Revisits Military Option After Iran Missile Test
February 07, 2017
By Ahmad Rafat
Iran test-fired its Khorramshahr medium-range ballistic missile outside Semnan, about 140 miles east of Tehran, on January 31, 2017. According...
U.S. Toughens Stance on Iran
February 06, 2017
By Reza Taghizade
In his first week in office, President Trump signed an executive order on immigration barring citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries,...
US-Russia Cooperation in Syria Alarms Tehran
January 31, 2017
By Reza Taghizade
Amid a flurry of executive orders issued in the first week of the new U.S. administration, Donald Trump has directed...
Gross Negligence Caused Plasco Disaster
January 30, 2017
By Kamyar Behrang
The iconic Plasco shopping complex was destroyed in a deadly fire on January 19, 2017. For many Iranians, the building...
Drug Addiction Among Workers
January 26, 2017
By Rohshanak Asteraki
The widespread use of hard drugs among Iranian workers in various industries has prompted reluctant authorities to warn against the...
Deception & Corruption in Iran’s Defense Industries
January 22, 2017
By Babak Taghvaee
Independence and freedom have been the slogan and the stated goal of the Islamic Republic of Iran since the revolution...
Fierce Infighting Among the Ruling Elite
January 12, 2017
The forthcoming change in the White House and possible hardening of the U.S. stand vis-a-vis Iran have prompted intense debate among the...
Silent Cries of Activists Heard Around the World
January 10, 2017
Arash Sadeqi, a human rights activist, ended his hunger strike after seventy- one days on 3 January, 2017. Iranian authorities had temporarily...
Women’s Day in Iran
January 09, 2017
In a highly controversial move on 7 January, 1936, Reza Shah, the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty, banned Islamic hijab and various kinds...
IRGC Commander Claims 200,000 Iran-backed Troops In Syria
December 30, 2016
By Ahmad Rafat
The deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Brigadier-General Hossein Salami, has said that Iran’s primary objective for...
Al-Abadi to Decide if he is more of a US or Iran Ally
December 21, 2016
By Potkin Azarmehr
Colonel John L. Dorrian is the spokesman for the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, U.S. Central...
An open letter by Iranian dissidents to President-Elect Donald Trump
December 24, 2016
The Honorable Donald Trump
President-Elect of the United States of America
Dear Mr. President-Elect,
We would like to congratulate you on your victory in...
Sex Scandals and Corruption in the “Sacred” Regime
December 22, 2016
By Roshanak Asteraki
Five ministers in President Rouhani’s cabinet have been accused of illicit affairs with a female journalist. In comments posted on...
Government at Odds with IRGC
December 19, 2016
The Iranian Privatization Organization (IPO) recently cancelled a contract with Mobin Trust Consortium which had bought 50 percent plus one shares of...
Mass Grave Discovered in Tabriz
December 18, 2016
A mass grave was discovered by wastewater workers in Tabriz in northwest Iran. On December 10, 2016, Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA)...