Middle East

Iranian authorities have intensified their crackdown on independent media ahead of the country’s presidential election in June, says the New-York based rights group the Committee ……Read More

Europe exposed to Mousavi’s art  An arts institution in the German capital has decided to showcase 28 artworks created by Mir Hossein Mousavi, an Iranian ……Read More

An environmental activist from Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province has been arrested. According to opposition site Daneshjoo news, Mostafa Bani-Sharif was arrested on Tuesday after being summoned to ……Read More

Ahead of May Day Human Rights Watch has accused the Iranian government of increasingly violating workers’ rights to peaceful assembly and association. In a report ……Read More

Censorship is intensifying in the Islamic Republic of Iran in the run-up to the presidential election on 14 June, says Reporters Without Borders. The Paris-based ……Read More

Site close to former Revolutionary Guards commander As Iran gears up for its presidential election in June, the question of fraud in the 2009 election ……Read More