Sixty members of the European Parliament have expressed deep concern over the prolonged detention of Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and demanded her unconditional release in a letter to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on August 22.
It remains to be seen if this latest round of protests in Iran will continue to gain momentum or not. One thing is for certain, the Islamic Republic is skilled at “managing” a discontented populous—opposition activists call it suppression. What are the coercive tools and mechanisms used in Iran to silence dissent?
A conservative Iranian MP indirectly accused president Hassan Rouhani of being a British Citizen.
Iran’s representative to OPEC has said no member of OPEC should produce more than its quota and take over another member’s shares on the market.
Corruption in Iran has spread and extended to “a number of top state officials”, the Islamic Republic’s Vice President has declared.
Agents of the Islamic republic’s Ministry of Intelligence stormed the house of a prominent lawyer and human rights activist, Nasrin Sotoudeh, on Saturday, her husband has disclosed.
A protest rally against “financial corruption” held Thursday, August 16, at Iran’s major Shi’ite seminary in city of Qom, turned into a demonstration against President Hassan Rouhani.
Iran's state TV has characterized the formation of the Iran Action Group at the US Department of State on Thursday August 16 "an aggressive policy".
Iranian media is buzzing over a photo taken of President Hassan Rouhani at a meeting with the heads of Iran’s legislative and judiciary branches August 14.
Authoritarian leaders have a monopoly on power, yet even they need scapegoats.
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