Reports from The Centre for Research of the Islamic Parliament and news agencies inside Iran claim that, unlike many other countries in the world that have been able to curb their economic difficulties and their double-digit inflation, Iran is shouldering its worst inflation in the past 17 years with the […]
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Uzbekistan, Belarus, Iran Among World’s Worst Media Censors
A leading journalism watchdog group has listed authorities in Uzbekistan, Belarus, and Iran as among the world’s leading media censors.
USCIRF Identifies World’s Worst Religious Freedom Violators
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a federal government commission that monitors global religious freedom, today released its 2012 Annual Report and recommended that the Secretary of State name the following nations “countries of particular concern” or CPCs: Burma, China, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Iran, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tajikistan, […]
CPJ Says Mideast Bad, Iran ‘Worst’ Journalist Jailer
The Committee To Protect Journalists (CPJ) says the number of journalists jailed around the world has increased to its highest level since the mid-1990s and Iran is “the world’s worst jailer.”
WHO: Iran, Pakistan, India, Mongolia Have Worst Air Pollution
The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations’ health authority, says cities in Iran, India, Pakistan, and Mongolia have the most unhealthy air in the world.(27 September 2011)