Middle East

Iranian authorities have arrested five students of a leading dissident cleric in the southern city of Shiraz, human rights sources say. According to the Committee ……Read More

Clampdown on press intensifies Iranian security forces have launched a fresh wave of arrests against dissident journalists. On Sunday, security forces raided the offices of ……Read More

Assault on Kurdish rights continues The Iranian government’s recent restrictions on the use of minority languages are in clear violation of the constitution, says the ……Read More

Direct talks ‘without’ intermediaries A group of former Iranian lawmakers have urged the leaders of Iran, the United States and the European Union to use ……Read More

Relief effort is ‘acting against national security’ A revolutionary court in Tabriz, the capital of Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province, has sentenced twenty humanitarian aid workers ……Read More