Two pioneering Iranian doctors who were jailed in Iran have received the “Elizabeth Taylor” award at the opening of the world’s largest AIDS conference in Washington.
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Iran’s “chicken crisis” is simmering political issue
Earlier this month, Iran’s national police chief ventured boldly into what has become known as the country’s “chicken crisis”. The feathers haven’t stopped flying since.
Illegal residents being processed by the thousands: official
The head of immigration for Tehran Province has announced: “560,000 unauthorized citizens have been identified and processed.”
Iran institutes multiple exchange rates
The head of Iran’s parliamentary economic commission announced on Saturday that there now will be three official rates of exchange for the U.S. dollar.
Strikes on the increase as factories close down
Workers at four major Iranian factories went on strike this week, protesting against poor wages and a lack of proper contracts.
FASTING IN RAMADAN
The month of fasting, Ramadan, is often greeted by the Sufis as a good friend, and as a welcome and honoured guest. They love to see this guest come, but also to see him go. The implication of the first is clear, but perhaps not of the second.
Right groups call on Iran to release Kurdish activist
Mohammad Seddigh Kaboudvand’s health has “drastically deteriorated” in Evin prison after lengthy hunger strikes.
Rafsanjani voices regrets about Iran’s situation
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the head of Iran’s Expediency Council, says the country’s political, economic and cultural situation is “regrettable.”
New ‘Mahdi malware’ cyber spy attack on Iran disclosed
Security experts have identified a cyber espionage attack that appears to have chiefly targeted computers in Iran that they say differs from previously discovered malware believed to be part of a covert U.S. and Israeli effort to monitor and delay Tehran’s nuclear development program.
Member of Mourning Mothers Iran suffers under intimidation and added prison time
Iran based human rights defender Ms. Mansoureh Behkish, who is well known in the region for her work in fighting against the death penalty as well as being one of the head organizers for the Mourning Mothers, known also as the Mothers of Laleh Park, has now been sentenced on her latest appeal […]