By Pooya Stone

During the two weeks after protests first swept through Iraq, Iraqis faced a brutal crackdown launched by the militias and security forces heavily supported by Iran, which killed more than 180 Iraqi protesters. The protesters said the promise of reforms was just an illusion.

By Pooya Stone

A delegation of the Iranian opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) joined a UK Parliament cross-party panel of MPs and Peers for a conference on Iran in the House of Commons on Thursday, 17 October.

By Jubin Katiraie

After roughly 3,500 women were admitted to Tehran’s Azadi Stadium for Thursday’s World Cup qualifier between the Iranian and Cambodian national teams, many international news outlets reported upon the “end” of the Iranian regime’s nearly 40-year ban on female attendance at male sporting events.

By Pooya Stone

In Iran lakes, wetlands and forests are fast disappearings. The dirty air restricts the quality of life. Sandstorms occur; entire tracts of land become barren desert landscapes. The water shortage is due to both government mismanagement and climate change.

By Jubin Katiraie

Both the Arab League and the Gulf Cooperation Council have already classified the Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.

By Jubin Katiraie

The United States carried out a secret cyber operation against Iran after the September 14 attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities, which Washington and Riyadh blame on Tehran, two US officials have told Reuters.

By Pooya Stone

The International Monetary Fund expects Iran's economy to contract by a massive 9.5% in 2019.

By Jubin Katiraie

The Iranian supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, in a speech at Imam Hossein Military University in Tehran, ordered the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to increase weapons’ proliferation. Reuters reported on October 13.

By Jubin Katiraie

With each passing day, the consequences of sanctions against the Iranian regime become more visible. The withdrawal of Chinese state oil firms from a $5-billion deal to develop the Iranian gas field was the latest event in this context.

By Pooya Stone

Two children in a Baluchistan village drowned while hauling water from a pond, HRANA news agency reported on Thursday, 10 October. The victims, Sara and Bisma, were from the Dashtiari village.

By Jubin Katiraie

Despite plundering people’s properties, Iranian banks affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), the police, the Basij and the army have rising debts, according to Iran experts. As such, the country’s credit council and the three branches of government have decided to merge all banks into the SEPAH bank.

By Pooya Stone

According to global statistics, Iran occupied the sixth place in the world in terms of the most number of prisoners. Yet Iran ranks 19th globally in terms of population. Yet the situation in Iran’s prisons is unique because of the methods of torture and intimidation, especially toward political detainees.

By Jubin Katiraie

In remarks that could easily be perceived as a threat, Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif declared on Thursday that either all countries in the Persian Gulf region will enjoy guarantees of security, or else “they will all be deprived of it.” The remarks appeared in an op-ed published by the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Rai. Both the substance of that editorial and its intended audience were indicative of its role as part of a broader strategy of urging neighboring countries to alter their foreign policy so as to shift away from the US, which has imposed devastating sanctions on the Iranian government over the past year.

By Pooya Stone

The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), a London-based non-profit organization that campaigns for justice for all people, irrespective of race or political beliefs, has received more than a million British pounds since 2013. However, the organization, supported by Labour politician Jeremy Corbyn, has failed to speak out against the horrific and countless human rights abuses that take place every day in Iran.

By Jubin Katiraie

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Thursday, in an op-ed for the Kuwaiti Al-Rai newspaper, that either all Gulf countries should enjoy security “or they will all be deprived of it”.

This ominous threat comes amid rising tensions between Iran and other Gulf countries and the West after attacks on Saudi oil plants in Abqaiq and Khurais on September 14, which Saudi Arabia and several Western countries blame Iran for.

By Pooya Stone

A female political prisoner was transferred to ward 2A in the notorious Evin Prison, which is used by the shadowy Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) to put prisoners of conscience under more pressure.