The Cultural Heritage News Agency has criticized Massoud Soltanifar, the head of the Cultural Heritage Organization, for failing to address the death of a traveller in Shahdad Dessert last month due to a land mine explosion. The report laments the fact that Soltanifar failed to mention the incident at his press conference and, “without […]
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Three Iranian literati die during Noruz
Mohammad-Ebrahim Bastani Parizi Historian Mohammad-Ebrahim Bastani Parizi, translator Sasan Tabassomi and poet Nushin Ganji died during the holidays of Noruz, the Iranian New Year celebration, which began on March 21. Bastani Parizi died on March 23 at the age of 89. He was suffering from a liver disease.Born in 1924, Bastani Parizi was an Iranian […]
Iran’s Water Crisis Threatens its Future
A looming water crisis in Iran has officials warning of water rationing for the capital Tehran. The Mehr news agency quotes Khosro Erteghaei, the head of Tehran’s regional water company as saying water levels at the four reservoirs that serve Tehran are at a critical level. He warns that if residents of Tehran and […]
Rohani calls for truth about captive border guard allegedly killed
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has welcomed the return of four Iranian border officials who had been held hostage since February by the group Jeysh-ol-Adl group, while calling on government agencies to persist relentlessly in determining the fate of Jamshid Danaifar, a fifth hostage whom the group claimed to have executed. Today, four of the […]
Iran denounces European resolution on human rights
The Greek ambassador to Iran was summoned by the Iranian foreign ministry following the European Parliament’s recent resolution on the state of human rights in Iran. Greece currently holds the revolving presidency of the European Union; the Iranian foreign ministry passed on its “express dissatisfaction” with this resolution to its Greek counterpart. A ministry […]
Mine workers summoned by justice department
Labour activists in Yazd report that five workers from the Chadormalu Mine have been summoned by the Ardakan justice department. Hassan Jenayi told ILNA that the five workers must appear in court within three days. The report indicates that the summons may be linked to the recent worker protests against the dismissal of workers’ […]
Iran’s medical schools to limit female enrollment
Medical schools in Iran will restrict admission to women in the coming academic year, the Shargh daily reports. The report indicates that the number of women in the medical field has risen from 42 percent of total admissions in 1992 to 68 percent in the last year. ISNA quoted the minister of health last […]
Shahrokh Zamani on day 29 of hunger strike
Shahrokh Zamani, the member of the provisional board for reopening of House-Painter Workers’ Union and the Follow-up Committee to Set up Free Labor Organizations is spending the 29th day of his hunger strike. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Shahrokh Zamani has been exiled from Rajai Shahr Prison to […]
Border officials held hostage now back in Iran
Four Iranian border officials abducted by the Sunni group Jeysh-ol-Adl arrived in Iranian territory on Sunday April 6, the Iranian interior ministry confirmed. In February, the group took five Iranian border officials hostage and in March they announced that they had executed one of them. Mowlavi Abdolhamid, a senior Sunni cleric in Sistan-Baluchistan, has […]
“EU Must Stand Firm Despite Hardliners’ Fury”
Hardline officials in Iran have lashed out at the European Union after the EU Parliament’s passage of a resolution that called for all EU members to “mainstream” human rights in their relations with the Islamic Republic. These officials were already furious over EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton’s visit with activists during her recent trip to […]