HRANA    |    May 20, 2019   Twenty-two detainees charged with robbery in Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary are afraid of cutting off their hands. The verdict of one of these prisoners is scheduled to run in the coming days. Alireza Khan Baluchi, son of Massoud, born in 1974,

ARAB NEWS     |     Dr. Majid Rafizadeh      |     September 16, 2018 This Islamic Republic of Iran is mired in crises, few of which stem from US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal and the subsequent renewed economic sanctions. Those actions only serve to help the

June 13, 2018 The arrest of Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent Iranian human rights lawyer, is an outrageous attack on a brave and prolific human rights defender, Amnesty International said today. Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested at her home in Tehran this morning and transferred to the prosecutor’s office

VOA NEWS ON IRAN     |     Michael Lipin     |    April 24, 2018 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's weeklong visit to New York to defend Iran's nuclear and regional policies has drawn protests from an Iranian American group. Several dozen supporters of the Organization of Iranian American Communities