Middle East

In a statement on Sunday, Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Minister of State of Foreign Affairs Diane Ablonczy said Canada was “gravely concerned” ……Read More

Sister of Hamid Ghassemi-Shall appeals for help Hamid Ghassemi-Shall, a dual national of Iran and Canada, faces imminent execution on espionage-related charges, sources told the ……Read More

Student activist Hossein Taheri has been in prison since a month ago, according to opposition website Jaras. Security forces reportedly arrested Taheri at his father’s home ……Read More

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