برچسب: Translated Features
Women and the Presidential Election
April 19, 2017
By Ahmad Rafat
The fate of 1,636 candidates who have registered in the 12th presidential election is now in the hands of the...
Iranian Expatriates Face Security Risk Upon Return, Many Don’t Heed Travel Warnings
April 11, 2017
By Peyman Pejman
The number of interrogations or incarcerations of expatriates visiting Iran has increased.
Few Iranian expatriates pay attention to travel...
G7 ministers look to persuade Russia to abandon Syria’s Assad
April 11, 2017
By Crispian Balmer and Steve Scherer
LUCCA/ITAL (Reuters) - YForeign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialised nations met in Italy on Monday, looking...
Ending Survival of the ‘Fittest’: Reimagining Education
April 10, 2017
By Tahirih Danesh
During an unusually sunny week in Oxford, the prestigious Said Business School hosted the 13th Skoll World Forum. Organized by...
Iran’s Aseman Airlines signs deal to buy at least 30 Boeing jets
April 04, 2017
By Babak Dehghanpisheh and Tim Hepher
DUBAI/PARIS (Reuters) - Iran's Aseman Airlines has signed a tentative deal to buy at least 30 Boeing...
Iranian-American detained in Iran released on bail
April 04, 2017
(Reuters) – An Iranian-American detained in Iran since last summer has been released on bail of approximately $60,000, the Human Rights Activists News...
What would you do if you had only one day of freedom? Husband Asks
April 02, 2017
Sunday, April 2, 2017, marks the one year anniversary of detention in Iran of British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. The 38-year-old mother was arrested...
U.S. priority on Syria no longer focused on ‘getting Assad out’: Haley
March 30, 2017
By Michelle Nichols
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States' diplomatic policy on Syria for now is no longer focused on making the...
An Iranian Caught in the Spotlight of the Attack in London
March 28, 2017
By Nazenin Ansari
Wednesday 23rd March has been bitterly etched in Farhad Makanvand’s memory.
First came the news that a car had mowed down...
Russia, Iran: Mutual Aspirations, Continued Competition
March 27, 2017
ِBy Peyman Pejman
President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Moscow this week is seen by observers as much for what is on the agenda...
US embassies ordered to identify population groups for tougher visa screening
March 23, 2017
By Yeganeh Torbati, Mica Rosenberg and Arshad Mohammed
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters)
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has directed U.S. diplomatic missions to identify...
Economic Meltdown and Public Outcry
March 13, 2017
By Roshanak Asteraki
At a meeting on 28 February 2017, the head of Iran’s plan and budget organization, Mohammad Baqer Nobakht, spoke in...
Mr. Netanyahu! We now live in a different world. Let us talk about that now
March 13, 2017
By Potkin Azarmehr
Last Thursday, was one of those rare moments that I had to applaud the Russian president, Vladmir Putin. The reason...
Documenting Contributions of Iranian-Americans
Friday, March 10, 2017
By Peyman Pejman
A non-profit organization has embarked on a data-centric project, believed to be the first of its kind among any...
New Travel Ban: Objectionable to Many, More Leeway for Iranian-Americans
March 08, 2017
By Peyman Pejman
The Trump administration’s unveiling of a new version of the travel ban to the United States from six mainly-Muslim countries,...
Hostages: Real Lives Entangled in Uncertain Policy
March 08, 2017
By Peyman Pejman
Since declaring his candidacy for the presidency of the United States, Donald Trump has repeatedly said that his foreign policy...
U.N. Report Accuses Syrian Government and Rebels of War Crimes
March 02, 2017
Peyman Pejman
A United Nations investigative commission, in one of the harshest reports issued so far by the international body, has accused both...