RFE/RL – In an escalation of ongoing efforts to thwart Radio Farda, RFE/RL’s Persian-language Service, Iranian authorities are interrogating journalists’ family members in Iran.
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Joint Statement on the Right to Education and Academic Freedom in Iran
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran joins 16 other student and human rights organizations in a statement expressing deep concern for the violation of the right to education and academic freedom in Iran.
Iran Cancels $2 Billion Dam Deal With China
Chinese and Iranian media are reporting that Iran has canceled a $2 billion contract for a Chinese firm to help build a major hydroelectric dam in Iran’s southwestern Lorestan Province.
EU says alarmed by rise in death sentences in Iran
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union criticized Iran on Wednesday for an “alarming” increase in the use of the death penalty this year, calling on Tehran to introduce a moratorium on executions.
Iran faced with growing brain drain
Iranian media report that close to 62 percent of Iran’s academic elite have left Iran to pursue their education at top foreign universities.
Powerful ‘Flame’ Computer Virus Hits Iran, Mideast
Experts say they have discovered a complex virus, dubbed “Flame” or “Skywiper,” which is infecting and stealing information from computers in Iran and the Middle East.
Iran says Syria massacre aimed at fomenting chaos
Iran said on Monday the killing of more than 100 people, many of them children, in the Syrian town of Houla had been carried out in order to spread chaos and instability in Syria and block peace efforts.
Iran not ready for visit to suspect nuclear site
By Marcus GeorgeMay 27 (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog has not yet given good enough reasons to visit an Iranian site where it suspects there may have been experiments for developing nuclear weapons, Iranian media said.
Iran issues permits for Chinese labourers
The Iranian Minister of Labour has approved the entry of Chinese labourers into Iran, even as Iranian workers suffer from widespread unemployment.
Dust Clouds Tehran, Iran’s Western Provinces
The Tehran Provincial Directorate of Environment Protection has issued a warning about an increase of dust originating from Iraq’s dried ponds that has descended on the metropolis. Heavy dust storms also shrouded certain western and southwestern provinces of Iran, making breathing difficult for people.