On March 16, 1988 the Iran-Iraq War was already going on for eight years. According to eyewitness around eleven o'clock Iraqi Migs and Mirage jet fighters started bombing the city of Halabja in Northern Iraq.
Sons of a university professor and environmentalist who suspiciously died behind bars in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison have called upon Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's help.
US State Department Washington’s concern over “grave conditions facing the press in Iran”, according to a statement posted on State Department’s website on March 15.
Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has insisted on Thursday, March 15, that he was “aware of people’s difficulties in making ends meet”, but “these problems are not insurmountable.”
Prominent economist Masoud Nili, an advisor to President Hassan Rouhani, has warned that protests in Iran could “reoccur and spread” if the government fails to win the nation’s confidence.
The chairman of Tehran City Council and a council member have confirmed receiving the resignation letter of reformist Mayor Mohammad-Ali Najafi amid conflicting reports of his decision to step down.
A worker who was fired from a municipality in Iran’s Kerman Province set the mayor and his car on fire.
Statistics concerning the number of dilapidated trucks still on Iranian roads vary between 127,000 and 202,000.
The Islamic Republic’s Foreign Minister has once again insisted that Tehran is prepared to support Saudi Arabia in case the kingdom comes under “foreign aggression”.
Reza Shahabi, a prominent labor activists who has spent years in prison has been released from Tehran’s notorious Evin prison.
Eleven Kurdish rights activists, including outspoken journalist, Adnan Hassanpour, have been arrested in Marivan, Kurdistan province, western Iran, Kurdish media reported on Tuesday, March 13.
Iranians heartily celebrated Chahar-shanbe Suri, a pre-Islamic feast on March 13, although authorities would prefer it did not exist.
Iran on March 13 jailed Hamid Baghai, a vice president under former hard-liner Mahmud Ahmadinejad, following his conviction for corruption, Iranian media reports said.
Iranian Parliament (Majles) has reinstated Roads-Transportation, and Labor ministers after a day-long impeachment session on Tuesday March 13.
While Iran’s senior judiciary authorities have called for a swift and “out of turn” trial for the Gonabadi dervishes, the top judge says he is against “hasty investigations.”
US President Donald Trump has renewed the national emergency with respect to Iran for one more year, beyond March 15, 2018.
Eleven members of Iranian opposition groups accused of attacking mosques and public property have been sentenced to jail terms of up to six years, state news agency IRNA said Monday.
Iranian news websites have cited the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as saying that its forces have foiled a “twin suicide attack” in southeastern Iran, near Pakistan border.
Iran's Interior Minister contradicts ayatollah Khamenei, by insisting that recent protests were not instigated by foreign "enemies".
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Islamabad on March 11 to lead a delegation of political and business officials, Pakistan state television reports.
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