An Iranian woman has taken on a difficult challenge: to swim as long as possible in open waters, where she has to wear a diving suit, a full jacket, and a headscarf. However, this was still not enough for the sports authorities, who she claims told her they could not record her latest swim […]
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Satellite companies drop Iranian channels
The European satellite communications company Intelset has stopped airing the Iranian government’s foreign channels such as Press TV, Hispan and a number of others. Iran has challenged the move and threatened legal action. Iran’s English-language programs have been eliminated from Hotbird, Eutelset and Intelset, and its Spanish channel, Hispan TV, and Arabic channel, Al-Alam, […]
Journalist brothers transferred to prison
Khosro and Massoud Kordpour, two Iranian journalists, have been transferred to the central Mahabad Prison four months after their arrest. The Mokerian News Agency reports that last Wednesday, the two brothers were finally transferred to Mahabad Prison from the detention centre of the Intelligence Ministry. Khosro Kordpour has said that he and his brother […]
President-Elect of Iran Says He Will Engage With the West
Iran’s president-elect, Hassan Rouhani, said Saturday that he would engage with the West and fulfill his electoral promises to allow more freedom for the Iranian people. Mr. Rouhani, who calls himself a moderate, won the June 14 presidential election by a large margin, surprising many who expected Iran’s governing establishment to block any candidate […]
Tough US sanctions on Iran hit Monday
Sanctions on Iran by the U.S. signed into law in January, and implemented and expanded via executive order in early Junecome into effect on Monday. The sanctions affect a vast array of interests engaging the Iranian economy, just weeks after a presidential election in the Persian Gulf country. Senior Obama administration officials said earlier […]
Workers protest against non-payment of wages
300 workers of Imam Khomeini International Airport staged a sit-in in protest to non-payment of wages and benefits for over six months on Saturday June 30. Fars News Agency reports that the protesting workers are involved in the southern runway project, the pilgrimage terminal and freight development of the international airport. The workers demand […]
Iran continues to refuse entry to UN rapporteur
Iran’s Human Rights chief, Mohammad Javad Larijani has stressed once more that Ahmad Shaheed, UN Rapporteur on Human Rights for Iran will not be allowed enter Iran adding that Shaheed lacks credibility because his only source of information is “anti-regime websites.” Larijani told Mehr News Agency: “Ahmad Shaheed in his reports refers to individuals […]
Former MP Mir Taher Mousavi Receives 5 Years; 3 Years Imprisonment Plus 2 Years Suspended Sentence
Mir Taher Mousavi, a Former MP, a university instructor, and a member of Mir Hossein Mousavi’s 2009 presidential campaign, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment plus two years suspended sentence. Mir Taher Mousavi, former governor of Karaj, former Vice President of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, former CEO of Kahrizak Hospice […]
Iranian officials nab poachers of rare panther
The head of Iran’s Environment and Wildlife Watch has reported that poachers hunted down a rare Iranian panther. Keyvan Hooshmand told the Mehr News Agency that in an undercover operation, rangers posed as buyers and were presented with a leopard skin by poachers, who were arrested at the scene. The perpetrators, who are currently […]
Addiction clinics hampered by rising drug costs
The rising price of medical drugs has severely restrained the services offered by addiction treatment clinics. ILNA reports that the head of Addiction Prevention and Treatment has said its clinics are faced with a 60- to 80-percent increase in the price of the medical drugs they need to deliver adequate treatment. “The drop in […]