Middle East

An Iranian law student has been expelled from Tehran University, after serving out his jail term. According to Advar news, a website linked to an independent student ……Read More

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 ……Read More

Asghar Mahmoudian, a political prisoner detained during opposition protests in late 2009, has been sentenced to six years in jail plus exile to Semnan. According ……Read More

With actions in Syria making the news on a nearly daily basis, I thought it was time to take a quick look at the recent ……Read More

The spokesman for the Iranian judiciary has announced that Iranian actors who do not fully comply with the dress code for women (hijab) will be ……Read More

‘This level of drought is not normal’ An Iranian vice president has suggested that the West is responsible for the recent droughts in southern Iran. ……Read More