In an open letter to foreign ambassadors in Iran, who recently visited Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared has declared that even a minimum of prisoners’ human rights are not respected in Evin and other Iranian prisons.
Iran's Ghadir Investment Company has signed an agreement with Russia's Zarubezhneft and the Turkish energy company Unit International to invest jointly in oil and gas projects in and outside of Iran.
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has named two women as vice presidents, a day after proposing a government that included no women in cabinet positions.
Hassan Rouhani has submitted to parliament the list of his proposed ministers, days after his inauguration as the re-elected president of Iran.
More than 8,000 students’ rights activists have cautioned that “problems and crises in Iran’s higher education institutions” have reached a “tipping point.”
Amnesty International says Iran’s judicial and security bodies have waged a vicious clampdown on human rights defenders, vilifying and imprisoning activists who dare to stand up for people’s rights.
Iran's Health Ministry announced on July 31 that it had not been tasked with medical treatment of opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, who have been under house arrest since 2011 and suffer from multiple health issues.
Seven verdicts have been issued against former Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad for mishandling billions of dollars, announced Fayyaz Shojaei, the prosecutor at Iran's Supreme Audit Court, on July 30.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had no interference in selecting cabinet ministers, according to one of his official websites.
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill on July 25 imposing new sanctions against Iran, Russia, and North Korea. If approved by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump, the bill will have serious repercussions for Iran.
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