Middle East

The Human Rights Activists news agency has reported that unionist teacher Mahdi Farahi Shandiz was arrested in the first week of January to serve a ……Read More

3 arrests in less than 24 hours Security forces have been rounding up activists and journalists in recent days. The latest arrest came on Wednesday ……Read More

Parastoo Dokouhaki, a blogger, human rights activist and journalist, has been detained by Iranian authorities, according to reports. RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reported on Tuesday that ……Read More

I can’t resist plugging my father’s recent appearance on Al-Fasad, a great evening talk show in Lebanon that addresses political and economic corruption. Abu Elias addressed, among ……Read More

‘Iranians sensitive to act endangering national security’  More than 230 Iranian activists have “strongly” condemned the recent assassination of a chemist involved in the country’s ……Read More

At the best of times, the U.S. government is regarded as somewhat out of touch with what’s happening in the American “heartland,” much less the ……Read More