Tehran will retaliate against any attack by Israeli or American forces "on the same level," Iran's top leader said Tuesday in a defiant address just moments after U.S. President Obama appealed directly to the Iranian people with a message…
The world's biggest interbank transfer network, SWIFT, says it will no longer handle transactions by Iranian banks blacklisted by the EU. In this quick explainer, RFE/RL looks at how the move will limit Iran's ability to trade…
The trial of suspects in Iran's $3-billion bank fraud convened on Saturday for the third time, with the judge announcing that interpol has been called on in order to bring all the suspects in the case to trial.
A number of Iranian MPs have criticized the appointment of Saeed Mortazavi to head the Social Security Fund, saying it could lead to the impeachment of the Minister of Cooperatives, Employment and Social Security, Abdolreza Sheykholeslamt
Imprisoned teacher Abdolreza Ghanbari’s pardon request has been denied by the Pardon Commission of Tehran Province Judiciary, a source close to his family told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. With the rejection of his…
Habibollah Golparipour who is sentenced to death by the Iranian regime revolutionary court, based on some news sources, he was moved to an unknown location and threatened with the imminent execution of his death sentence.
There is growing fear over the fate of Habibollah Golparipour, an Iranian-Kurdish political prisoner who may be in imminent danger of execution.
The Iranian government body that sets the country's official cultural policy has reportedly removed World AIDS Day from the state calendar. The move has prompted concern among those fighting the spread of AIDS in the Islamic republic, where…
The head of Iran’s Fruit and Vegetable Union has announced that the price of government-subsidized produce will rise by 10 percent on the Eve of the Iranian New Year.
Iranian activists have issued a statement urging the government to release political prisoners for Norooz, the Iranian New Year.
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