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.
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.
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.
Iran's economy will shrink by a massive 9.5% this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in the fund's World Economic Outlook report on Tuesday, October 15.
A prominent member of the Iranian Parliament (Majles) has expressed concern that Iranian intelligence officials might use a man arrested on charges of running an anti-regime social media platform to level incriminating accusations against innocent people.
The Islamic Republic President Hassan Rouhani has linked the widespread anti-regime protests in late 2017, early 2018, to Washington's decision to drop the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
British and Chinese nuclear delegations are visiting Iran to discuss the redesigning and upgrading of the country's heavy water reactor in Arak, Central Province, semi-official news agency ISNA reported on Monday, October 14.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has said during a meeting with Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday October 13 that a "proper end" to the war in Yemen, will leave a positive impact on developments in the region.
In one of his rare media appearances Iranian revolutionary guard IRGC's Qods Force Commander Qassem Soleimani claimed in a late September interview aired on Iranian state TV that Israel had planned to assassinate him.
Was a Iranian tanker really attacked in the Red Sea. Review of the evidence casts serious doubts on the Iranian side of the story.
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