Hossein Fereidoun, the younger brother and confidant of President Hassan Rouhani was jailed on Wednesday October 16 after the Court of Appeal in Tehran sentenced him to five years in jail on the first of October.
Iran's powerlifting silver medalist in Asia, Amir Mohammad Shahnavazi says, he has decided not to return to his country and will stay in France in protest to corruption.
Nobody can imagine how I loved Iran, but I will never go back to the country, says a Russian journalist who was detained October 2 after arriving in Iran.
The hardliners in Iran sit on the saddle and other political factions are not sure how to approach the upcoming parliamentary elections. There is apathy among the people and a tight grip by hardliners on the whole process.
The United States has granted Iraq another four-month exemption from its sanctions that will allow Baghdad to continue to import Iranian electricity and natural gas, Iraqi media reported on Wednesday.
Iran desperately needs economic relief and Donald Trump needs a foreign policy victory. The author argues that talks are now more likely than before.
After surrendering to serve his five-year term in prison, the younger brother of Iran’s president, Hossein Fereydoun claimed in a statement that the judge had convicted him based on eavesdropping on the presidential office.
Iran-backed militias deployed snipers on Baghdad rooftops during the Iraq’s deadliest anti-government protests in years, two Iraqi security officials told Reuters.
U.S. Special Representative for Iran, Brian Hook says that a forty-year history of the Islamic Republic shows that it only comes to the negotiating table when under threat of military force, sanctions or political isolation.
Authorities in Tehran have lined up to hail the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps' (IRGC) fearsome Intelligence Organization for kidnapping an Iranian journalist in Iraq. But the story is not just a simple intrigue of neutralizing an opponent.
The White House is warning Chinese shipping companies against turning off their ships' transponders to hide Iranian oil shipments in violation of U.S. sanctions, two senior administration officials said.
The UN arms embargo on Iran will end in 2020. This will help Iran boost its military power even more. What should the West do to prevent an Iranian military domination of the region?
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