Iran

2022 Iran protests

Iran: Senior clerics are turning against Raisi government over economic crisis

Grand ayatollahs are voicing public criticism of the conservative government as the currency reaches record lows
Human Rights
HRW raises alarm over human rights abuses in Egypt and Saudi Arabia in 2019
Media
Iranian press review: Shah's infamous Savak deputy chief participates in LA protest
2022 Iran protests
Protesters return to Iranian streets to mark 40 days since executions
Inside Iran
Iran's new budget bill pours money into security and military sectors
Islamophobia
Hamline University case shows a failure to appreciate the diversity of Islam
Hamid Dabashi
Media
Iranian press review: Conservatives offended by seeing belly buttons in public
Turkey-Syria earthquake
Five deadly earthquakes in the Middle East through history
Inside Iraq
US efforts to stop Iraqi money laundering sparks huge cross-border dollar smuggling
2022 Iran protests
Iranian protest anthem wins special award at Grammys
Inside Iran
Iran's supreme leader pardons 'tens of thousands' of prisoners
Media
Iranian press review: MPs move to criminalise 'unknowledgeable remarks'
Yemen War
Eyewitness: Yemeni journalist details horrific torture in Houthi prisons
Iran nuclear
What is preventing the revival of the Iran nuclear deal?
Economy
Russia and Iran launch payment system as an alternative to Swift
Inside Iran
Israel carried out drone attack on Iran defence facility - WSJ
Inside Iran
Iran says explosion in Isfahan caused by 'unsuccessful' drone attack on arms factory
Diplomacy
Azerbaijan evacuates embassy staff from Iran after security chief killed
Media
Iranian press review: Conservatives cheer EU 'retreat' on blacklisting IRGC
Arms Trade
North Korea’s enigmatic role in the Middle East arms market
Qassem Soleimani
Pompeo: ‘Only’ civilians on plane at risk in ‘Rembrandt’ Soleimani’s killing
2022 Iran protests
Iranian women prisoners sign petition calling for end of protester executions
Inside Iran
Iranian man who beheaded wife given eight-year jail sentence