Middle East

New low for IRGC  Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps recently took the family member of a BBC employee hostage in order to force her to take ……Read More

Ahead of house arrest anniversary The Nobel Women’s Initiative on Wednesday called for the “unconditional release” of the leaders of Iran’s opposition Green Movement Mir ……Read More

A Tehran appeals court has upheld a four-year jail sentence for Mousavi supporter Hossein Zarrini, sources told the Green Voice of Freedom. Zarrini, a veteran ……Read More

Political activist Hossein Naeimipour has been arrested. At around 4:30pm, five agents from the prosecutor’s office entered the workplace of former reformist lawmaker Mohammad Naeimipour. ……Read More

Growing outrage over decision to ban cinema guild Close to 2,000 members of Iran’s film community have voiced their protest against the Iranian government’s decision ……Read More

‘Protests to mark first anniversary of 14 February protests’ Iran’s opposition Green Movement has called for fresh protests on 14 February, just three days after ……Read More