Middle East

Science Minister Kamran Daneshjoo Students with ties to Iran’s opposition Green Movement will be barred from entering universities, says the country’s Minister of Science, Research, ……Read More

Human rights activist Mansoureh Behkish has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison, sources say. According to the Human Rights Activists news agency, Behkish ……Read More

‘Unemployment result of government mismanagement’ Former Iranian president Hashemi Rafsanjani has criticised the country’s current foreign policy, in particular the absence of formal diplomatic ties ……Read More

A strike on Iran, however limited, would push the current internal power struggle to a premature end that would not be in the US’ best ……Read More

Iranian journalist Reyhaneh Tabatabaie has been sentenced to a year in prison, according to reports. On Monday, opposition website Kaleme reported that Branch 28 of the Revolutionary ……Read More

Imprisoned activist Mehdi Mahmoudian has been released from prison, two and a half years after he was initially arrested for exposing the horrors that took ……Read More