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Rouhani And Erdogan Discuss Rohingya Crisis

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani have reportedly discussed the condition of displaced Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.

Czech Parliament Rejects Lifting Nuclear Ban Against Iran

The Czech Parliament’s lower house has rejected a proposal to nullify a law that bans Czech companies from selling equipment to Iran for the Bushehr nuclear power plant.

Half The Girls Living In Border Areas Drop Out Of School

Salehi Says If Only The U.S. Quits Nuclear Deal, Iran Can Stay

Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Agency, has said that if the United States leaves the landmark nuclear deal signed in 2015, but other signatories remain committed, Iran will “most probably” uphold the agreement.

VP Admits Discrimination Against Iranian Women

'No Shi’a Corridor Allowed Near Israel', Says Lieberman

Israeli Defense Minister, Avigdor Lieberman vowed on Thursday, September 7, to take necessary steps to prevent Tehran from creating a “Shi’a corridor” in the Middle East and “defend our own people”.

Prison Protest Spreads, 130 Inmates Now On Hunger Strike

Iranian Journalists Abroad Targeted By Islamic Republic

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has documented and condemned tens of cases in which authorities have tried to pressure journalists working for Persian-language sections of international media outlets.

Protests Continue In Iranian Kurdistan

Protests and strikes have continued in Baneh and other cities of Iran's Kurdistan province since Monday, as a result of a deadly incident blamed on border guards.

Israel Reportedly Attacks Chemical Facility In Syria

The Syrian army announced that Israel has targeted one of its facilities in Hama province early on Thursday, which a war monitor said was a branch of the government agency accused by the U.S. of producing chemical weapons.

Police Violently Disperse Protest For Jailed Labor Leader

A protest assembly, calling for the release of a board member of the Union of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company (UWTSBC), was violently suppressed on Tuesday, September 5 in front of Majlis, Iran’s parliament.

In Unprecedented Move Khamenei Responds To Sunni Leader

In an unprecedented gesture, the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader, ayatollah Ali Khamenei has responded to a letter written by the most prominent Sunni cleric in Iran.

UN Human Rights Report: Iran Needs Judicial Reform

In her new report on the state of human rights in the Islamic Republic, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran Asma Jahangir has emphasized that Iran still faces grave human rights challenges.

U.S. Might Say Iran Violating Nuclear Deal Without Withdrawing, Envoy Says

The United States might find Iran in violation of the 2015 nuclear agreement next month, but that does not mean Washington is withdrawing from the agreement, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said on September 5.

Protests In Baneh At The Killing Of Two Border Porters

Residents in the Western Iranian city of Baneh in Kurdistan Province continued protests and went on strike on September 5 to voice their outrage at the killing of two porters by border troops.

AI Calls For Protection of Iranian Mass Grave

Amnesty International (AI) has asked Iranian authorities to stop the destruction of a mass grave in the southern city of Ahvaz where dozens of people killed in the 1988 prison massacres are believed to have been buried.

Tehran Former Deputy Mayor Arrested On Financial Charges

One day after it was announced that former Tehran Deputy Mayor Issa Sharifi was arrested on financial charges, a City Hall official on September 4 insisted that the arrest had nothing to do with Sharifi’s government duties.

Inspection Of Iran’s Military Sites 'Up to SNSC'

The head of Iran’s parliamentary National security and Foreign Affairs Commission, Alaeddin Boroujerdi has declared that Iran's military sites have nothing to do with the nuclear issues, and any permission to visit the military centers is up to the Supreme National Security Council, SNSC.

Judiciary Says House Arrests Will Not Be Lifted

Saudi Diplomats To Visit Iran Heralding Thaw In Ties