Iran is starting security trainings to combat possible internet attacks, Iran’s state television reported quoting head of Iran’s non-operative defense organization Gholamreza Jalali as saying.
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End harassment of six human rights defenders in Iran
FIDH – The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Iran.
Iran jails U.S. “hikers” as spies for 8 years
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Two Americans held in Iran for more than two years have been convicted as spies and sentenced to eight years’ jail, Iranian TV reported on Saturday, a verdict that will further strain already very poor relations with Washington.
US says Iran top supporter of terrorism
The United States of America says Iran was “the most active supporter of terrorism” in 2010. AFP reports that the US has Syria, Sudan and Cuba in its list of states supporting terrorism.
Iran appoints new Syrian ambassador
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has appointed Mohammadreza Raouf Sheybani as the country’s new ambassador to Syria.
A Lifetime Quest to Finish a Monumental Encyclopedia of Iran
By PATRICIA COHENPublished: August 12, 2011Ralph Ellison wrote for 40 years without finishing his novel “Juneteenth.” Antoni Gaudí labored 43 years on the Sagrada Família basilica in Barcelona, but construction continues today. And in the annals of grand quixotica, Ehsan Yarshater also deserves a prominent chapter.
Mordad 28th the Coup d’etat in Iran and the Role of Three Men
Another August 18 th arrived; the anniversary of a major turning point or breakthrough in the contemporary history of Iran; an event that broke some hearts and resulted in enmity between generations. Although I have reviewed this incidence several times, but it is as though there is no way out other than to pay […]
Iran human rights situation deplorable; Regime must improve press freedom
GVF — In a letter to Ahmad Shaheed, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, the Committee to Protect Journalists has urged action with respect to the “deplorable state of journalists” in the country, highlighting the continued violation of human rights perpetrated by Iranian authorities.
Committee to Protect Journalist: Iran must work toward improving press freedom
The Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ) has sent a letter to Ahmed Shaheed,U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, to provide him with an assessment of the country’s situation of press freedom ahead of his report on human rights in Iran to the U.N. General Assembly in September, the CPJ’s […]
Mullahs in Iran worried about crises and infighting within the regime
Mullah Yazdi, First Deputy of the regime’s Assembly of Experts warned against intensified crises and conflicts within the defeating faction of the government, state-run Fars News agency reported on August 14.