Iran's mistrustful public has long chafed at official effort to push them onto Iranian-made apps when foreign ones are available, despite the obstacles.
An outspoken Iranian MP tells prison authorities, "Stop threatening us" and allow MPs to visit prisons.
The Islamic Republic continued to suppress freedoms of expression, religion, and the press in 2017, and failed to deliver promised progress on gender equality according to an annual report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) published January 17.
At the UN Security Council, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned that a failure of the Iran nuclear agreement with world powers would send an "alarming” message to the international community.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said that U.S. troops will remain in Syria indefinitely not just to fight militants but also to counter the power of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his ally Iran.
A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, IRGC, has said that Iran’s military budget is $7 billion and Iran is the “fourth cyber power” in the world.
Reports received by Radio Farda from Tehran indicate that families of four university students arrested recently are deeply worried about their loved ones.
More than 40 members of the Iranian Parliament have voiced support for human rights activists and organizations calling for an independent investigation into the deaths of detained protesters, says Tehran MP Mahmoud Sadeghi.
China and Russia have voiced concern after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would pull the United States out of the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal unless changes are made.
More government money for religious institutions in Iran was a factor behind recent protests. Now, more money is demanded,
U.S. President Donald Trump says he will extend sanctions relief granted to Iran under its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, leaving the accord intact for now, but he also targeted a high-profile Iranian for new nonnuclear sanctions.
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