Hooman Askary is an RFE/RL journalist. He has previously worked as a BBC Monitoring Journalist and BBC Broadcast Journalist.
Like many other Iranians Reza is critical of the government for not been honest about the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) and thinks the authorities hid the outbreak because of the parliamentary elections on February 21.
Amid intense security measures across Iran, protests continued Saturday evening in at least nine cities.
Is the protest movement and the unrest in Iran different this time than in 2009?
U.S. Defense Secretary General James Mattis says it is difficult to create an atmosphere of trust with Iran “until the Iranian people can get rid of [the] theocracy [in their country]”.
Israel has voiced concerns that the new ceasefire and “de-escalation agreement” brokered by US, Russia and Jordan would create a vacuum for Iran and its proxies to gain a foothold in Syria.
In an exclusive interview with Radio Farda via Skype, Seth Frentzman, opinion editor of The Jerusalem Post, said he believes the new threat by Nasrallah has been taken very seriously in Jerusalem.
The annual state-sponsored ceremonies of Quds Day in Iran were held this year amid rising regional tensions with Saudi Arabia, bickering between Hassan Rouhani’s government and the Supreme Leader and Tehran’s recent show of force in Syria.
The Iranian capital saw what has been dubbed by analysts as unprecedented attacks in recent years as Iran's Parliament and Ayatollah Khomeini's Mausoleum are targeted by alleged ISIS members leaving at least 12 dead and dozens injured.
