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'We Have No Problem with Lawful Protest Rallies' – Tehran’s Governor

During Hassan Rouhani’s presidency licensed political, electoral or protest rallies have never been confronted by force, Tehran’s Governor-General has maintained.

Putin, Trump Agree To Joint Efforts Against IS In Syria

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have approved a joint statement on Syria after a brief contact at the APEC summit.

Israel Planning Diplomatic Push Against Iran, Hezbollah

Israel sees an opportunity in Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s sudden resignation to put pressure on Iran and Hezbollah at the United Nations.

Opposition Figure Says Regime Won’t Even ‘Acknowledge’ Her

A prominent political figure protesting the results of Iran’s 2009 presidential election, Zahra Rahnavard, has bitterly criticized being ignored by the secretary of the Supreme Security Council of Iran (SSCI).

NGOs Urge UN To Support Human Rights In Iran

In a letter addressed to the United Nations, 34 nongovernmental organizations from around the world have urged General Assembly member states to actively support human rights in Iran.

France Wants To Restrict Iran's Missile Program -- Negotiations or Sanctions

French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed concern on Thursday about Iran's ballistic missile program saying it should be restricted either through negotiations or possible sanctions.

Imprisoned Labor Activist’s Family Worried For His Life

Iranian-Arab Secessionist Leader Shot Dead In The Hague

Dutch media and Sky News Arabic have reported that an Arab-Iranian political activist was gunned down in front of his residence on Wednesday in The Hague by unknown assailants.

Lebanese Call For Hariri To Return From Saudi Arabia

The political party of Prime Minister Saad Hariri called for his immediate return to Lebanon after he abruptly resigned in a televised address from Saudi Arabia on Saturday.

Baha’i Citizens, Deprived Of Higher Education, Sentenced

Agreement Reached To Allow Elected Zoroastrian To Serve

President Hassan Rouhani’s Chief of Staff has announced that the Islamic Republic’s parliament and judiciary have reached “a good consensus” over the controversial case of a Zoroastrian member of Yazd City Council.

Interview: CIA Files On Cooperation Between Iran And Al-Qaeda

Bill Roggio a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a thinktank in Washington D.C., and a scholar on Global Terrorism says practical relationship between Al-Qaeda and Islamic Republic of Iran is still going on.

IRGC Says Not Seeking To Pressure The Government

The head of public relations for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Ramazan Sharif, has insisted the military elite is helping the government to be more efficient and is not seeking any advantages.

Rouhani Warns Saudi Arabia And Attacks The U.S.

As the war of words intensified between Tehran and Riyadh, President Hassan Rouhani issued a warning to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday about Iran’s might, telling Riyadh that it will achieve nothing by threatening Iran.

Trump Renews 1979 National Emergency Regarding Iran

The White House announced on November 6, that President Donald Trump has renewed the national emergency regarding Iran, which was put in place on November 14, 1979, at the onset of the U.S. embassy hostage crisis.

Detained British-Iranian Mother Faces New Charges

British-Iranian dual citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, detained in Iran on charges of sedition and spying, was taken to an unscheduled court hearing on November 4, the campaign for her freedom announced, adding that her lawyer had not been present.

Saudis Deny Forcing Lebanese Prime Minister To Resign, Blame Hezbollah

A top Saudi official rejected accusations by the pro-Iranian Hizballah movement that his government forced Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri to announce his resignation over the weekend.

AI Slams Iran For Humiliating Two Prisoners Of Conscience

Amnesty International, AI, has slammed the Islamic Republic for shackling and handcuffing two prisoners of conscience who are bedbound in a hospital.

Saudi Arabia Blames Iran For Missile Attack, 'Reserves Right To Respond'

Iran Parliamentarians Form Citizens’ Rights Faction

Fifty legislators have joined forces to establish a new faction in the Iranian Parliament dedicated to defending citizens’ rights.