Jailed laser physicist Omid Kokabi is temporarily released on the exorbitant bail of 500 million toumans (150,000 USD) after repeated calls for his release due to health complications related to his kidney cancer. Kokabi, was a PhD. student specializing in laser physics at the University of Texas at...

After six years of silence in Iran, music of kamencheh master Keyhan Kalhor blared out in Vahdat Concert Hall once more. On Saturday night, May 21, Kalhor and his ensemble performed to a full hall of ardent fans in Tehran. Kalhor last played in Vahdat Hall with Turkish Bağlama player Erdal Erzincan ...

By: Omid Montazeri Covering an area of about 52 hectares in its glory days, Bazangan or “Kol Bibi” Lake is located east of the very wealthy city of Mashhad and is the largest natural lake in north east of Iran. The local and federal authorities never even started a “save lake Bazangan” initiative, n...

In lack of a law that specifically deals with curtly towards animals, Iran judiciary is now making up stances for those accused of aggravated animal abuse. In the latest example an accused that abused a dog and caused bodily harm to the animal was sentenced to two months in prison in the northe city...

Fourteen Iranian human rights organizations in a joint statement have wa ed the public about the health and the medical condition of Afshin Sohrabzadeh, a Kurdish political prisoners who is serving a 25 year sentence in Iranian prisons. Sohrabzadeh is a member of Iran’s Kurdish minority. He was sent...

By Naimeh Doustdar A film about an interrogation session was aired by the media inside Iran. In it the Tehran Prosecutor General, is interrogating a woman, a famous fashion model: Elham Arab. The televised confession of Elham Arab Elham Arab is a female bridal fashion model that stirred much controv...

Narges Mohammadi, human rights and anti death penalty activist who is the vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran was sentenced to 16 years in prison. Nargess Mohammadi On 18 May 2015, Judge Abolghasem Salavati who heads the 15th division of Tehran Islamic Revolutionary Court ...

The head of Iran’s census department has a ounced that despite the overhaul of population-control policies, the fertility rate in the country is on the decline. The report adds that gains of 4.25 percent in earlier years have suddenly declined to only 2.3 percent in the past year. He added that Qom,...

Iran’s Supreme Leader has spoken with Tehran seminarians and wa ed them to be on the lookout against “reactionary Islam” and “American-style Islam” as opposed to the “real Islam”. ILNA reports that on Saturday May 14, Ayatollah Khamenei told Tehran seminarians that virtual space has resulted in an “...

The head of Iran’s Teachers’ Association, Esmail Abdi, who had been in jail since last July and was sentenced to six years in jail, was released on Saturday. Esmail Abdi The Teachers’ Rights website reports that Abdi was released from Evin Prison on May 14 on bail until the finalization of his sente...

The head of Iran’s Teachers’ Association, Esmail Abdi, who had been in jail since last July and was sentenced to six years in jail, was released on Saturday. Esmail Abdi The Teachers’ Rights website reports that Abdi was released from Evin Prison on May 14 on bail until the finalization of his sente...

Iran’s Supreme Leader has spoken with Tehran seminarians and wa ed them to be on the lookout against “reactionary Islam” and “American-style Islam” as opposed to the “real Islam”. ILNA reports that on Saturday May 14, Ayatollah Khamenei told Tehran seminarians that virtual space has resulted in an “...

Iran’s Assessment and Education Organization has a ounced that foreign nationals will not be allowed to enroll in universities in 19 provinces across the country, adding that they are also barred from physics and aviation majors. The Mehr News Agency reports that in a statement on Saturday May 14, t...

Faezah Hashemi and her father, the moderate cleric Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, have become the target of serious criticism by conservative factions of the establishment after the daughter met with a Baha’i community leader. Faezeh Hashemi and Kamalabadi family Hashem Bothayi, a Tehran member-elect...

The head of Iran’s census department has a ounced that despite the overhaul of population-control policies, the fertility rate in the country is on the decline. The report adds that gains of 4.25 percent in earlier years have suddenly declined to only 2.3 percent in the past year. He added that Qom,...

Iranian women were excluded once again from entering a sports stadium to watch their favourite team compete in Iran’s Premier Football League. The Varzesh 3 sports news website reports that a woman tried to pass herself off as a man to enter Azadi Stadium on Friday May 13 to watch her favourite team...

By Ehsan Mehrabi They did not want to transfer prisoners to the hospital so they brought the hospital to the prison. The pla ed building of a hospital in Evin Prison was the mark of the judiciary’s reluctance to transfer sick prisoners to hospitals outside of the prison. That plan, however, like man...

Mahmoud Alizadeh Taheri, the founder and proponent of a form of alte ative medicine referred to as Faradarmani who has been jailed for over five years, will have to remain in jail, according to his lawyer. Mahmoud Taheri Taheri had received a death sentence which was overtu ed in the Supreme Court. ...

The corruption scandal at the Tabriz municipal offices has deepened with the arrest of two more senior managers accused of “receiving bribes and collusion charges”. The Tabriz Prosecutor General told Seda va Sima broadcasting on Friday May 13 that the latest detainees are the city’s Security Manager...

Officials of the historic village of Abyaneh say they are faced with a tsunami of tourists. Mohammad Adeli told ISNA that the village faces a tsunami of tourists especially on weekends and holidays. “Last Thursday and Friday, 40,000 tourists arrived at this historic village”, Adeli said. He maintain...