
Not-So-National Anthem: A New Hassle For Islamic Republic
While Iran’s football team is about to embark on its World Cup journey in Qatar, the Islamic Republic is worried that the event serves as an opportunity for antigovernment protests.

While Iran’s football team is about to embark on its World Cup journey in Qatar, the Islamic Republic is worried that the event serves as an opportunity for antigovernment protests.

A quarter of Iran’s farmers have lost their jobs in the past seven years mostly due to lack of water, a local media outlet reported Sunday.

Diaspora Iranians in Europe, North America and elsewhere held rallies Saturday to condemn the Islamic Republic for brutality against antigovernment protesters.

Iran reacted Sunday to the meeting of the French President with a group of Iranian activists saying the statements by Emmanuel Macron were “shameful”.

Iranian academic Hadi Khaniki says the current wave of protests in Iran may have originated from the younger generation's feeling of being marginalized.

Paris says the number of French nationals detained by the Islamic Republic of Iran has reached seven with the arrest of two more citizens.

Iran faces a serious shortage in medicines with some prices rising sevenfold, months after the government eliminated cheap dollars for importing raw materials.

A network of activists with a mandate to follow up on the condition of detained protesters in Iran has reported dire human rights violations such as torture and sexual abuse.

Iran's hardline judiciary has indicted 11 people over the killing of a Basij security force member during recent protests that could carry the death sentence.

Western officials have been meeting with Iranian activists abroad while the United Nations may step up pressure on Tehran for the harsh crackdown on protests.

Antigovernment demonstrations continued in Iran on Saturday, with gatherings, sit-ins, and student protests in various cities.

A group of experts at the United Nations have urged Iranian authorities to stop indicting protesters with charges punishable by the death penalty.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has slammed government violence against Iranian protesters calling for a new round of EU sanctions on the Islamic Republic next week.

French President Emmanuel Macron has met Iranian female activists and has hailed the protests in Iran against the Islamic Republic, calling it a “revolution”.

Anonymous activists in Iran have set Tuesday as commemoration day for 1,500 people killed by security forces in November 2019, calling for large demonstrations.

Sweden says two Iranian-born brothers and citizens of the country have been charged with spying for Russia and its military intelligence for about a decade.

An increasing number of Iranian lawmakers and former politicians blame the government, not foreigners for the nationwide uprising that has entered its 8th week.

Germany and Iceland submitted a request on Friday on behalf of dozens of countries to hold a special session at the UN Human Rights Council on the ongoing protests in Iran later this month.

Protests across Iran took place Friday with many demonstrations in Sistan-Baluchestan and Kordestan provinces with some other protests in metropolitan areas.

US State Department Thursday refused to characterize Iran's protests as a quest for democracy, repeating that its up to the protesters to say what they aspire to.

Britain has summoned the Islamic Republic’s chargé d’affaires over threats to UK-based journalists after Iran International’s journos were notified of "imminent" threats to their lives.