Middle East

As last year’s Arab spring has slowly roiled eastwards from Tunisia to the eastern Mediterranean, the two most concerned governments are the U.S. and Israel, ……Read More

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has named the new members of the Expediency Council. According to the decree, which was published on Khamenei’s official website, the leader ……Read More

Iranian human rights activist Kouhyar Goudarzi has been sentenced to five years in prison. According to the Committee of Human Rights Reporters, Goudarzi was informed of the ……Read More

‘Democracy in Iran and Syria will help Palestinian cause’ Iran’s opposition Green Movement has once against expressed solidarity with Syrian protesters and hailed their defiance ……Read More

‘Iran censors Internet effectively’ Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has once again named Iran in its “2012 list of the Enemies of the Internet.” The ……Read More

Harassment campaign endangers life of opposition leader’s family The campaign of harassments meted out to the family of imprisoned opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi entered ……Read More