Simultaneous with the ninetieth birthday of Queen Elizabeth II and the sudden death of rock icon, Prince, throughout the afte oon and evening of Thursday April 21 Tehran local time, the hashtag FreeOmid# was trending among the top three or four Twitter posts across the world. Omid Kokabi The Free Om...

April 22, 2016 at 7:33 pm Gilan’s concrete parts factory has temporarily shut down due to financial woes leaving 170 workers out of a job. ILNA reported on Friday April 22 that the factory has reportedly closed down due to a shortage of primary materials and financial problems leaving 170 workers wi...

Asad Binakhahi

April 22, 2016 at 12:39 pm Iran’s Department of the Environment reports that 49,000 tons of residential garbage is produced daily across the country, and only seven percent of that is separated. IRNA reported on Thursday April 21 that according to the Water and Soil office of the Department of the E...

April 22, 2016 at 12:41 pm The Tehran police chief says the deployment of undercover morality police has been initiated due to public demand. Hossein Sajedinia said on Wednesday April 20 that the public expects the police to act against “harassment in the streets” and “inappropriate behaviour and ha...

Reza Jozani

April 21, 2016 at 8:14 pm The Department of the Environment has a ounced that two Environmental Studies credits have been approved as requirements for the completion of all university degrees. According to the department, the courses will include topics such as plant species, understanding forests, ...

Candidates have begun their campaigns for the second round of voting, which will fill 69 seats that are still empty in the Iranian Parliament. Reports indicate that 138 candidates began their campaigns on April 21 and will have until next Thursday to vie for the seats. The elections will take place ...

Radio ZamanehCampaigning starts for candidates seeking remaining seats in ParliamentEnvironmental awareness measures come to universities, schoolsSubtle Presence of Morality PoliceFalse messages sent from accounts of Rohani advisorOnline broadcaster said to have been arrested in IranSurge in rainfal...

Candidates have begun their campaigns for the second round of voting, which will fill 69 seats that are still empty in the Iranian Parliament. Reports indicate that 138 candidates began their campaigns on April 21 and will have until next Thursday to vie for the seats. The elections will take place ...

April 21, 2016 at 8:14 pm The Department of the Environment has a ounced that two Environmental Studies credits have been approved as requirements for the completion of all university degrees. According to the department, the courses will include topics such as plant species, understanding forests, ...

Reza Jozani

Recent heavy rains have been a blessing for Iran’s Lake Urmia, which has been rapidly drying in recent years. Lake Urmia Reports from Azerbaijan provincial officials indicate that the water levels have risen to their highest levels in recent years. The report indicates that the water levels are 31 c...

Sabri Hassanpour, the executive and host of the online network “Simay-e Rahayi” (Vision of Liberation), has reportedly been arrested in Iran. Sabri Hassanpour Hassanpour, who currently resides in the Netherlands, had reportedly travelled to Iran to visit relatives. Jahan News reports that during his...

The Gmail and Facebook accounts of Shahindokht Molaverdi, President Rohani’s advisor on Women and Family Affairs, were hacked into for three hours and used to send out phishing email. Shahindokht Molaverdi Molaverdi reportedly sent out a message on her Twitter account wa ing her followers that her G...

An event featuring reformist speakers at Elm o Sanaat University in Tehran was swarmed by hecklers who carried yellow Hezbollah ba ers and threatened the speakers. ILNA reports that at an event on Tuesday April 19, the Hezbollah supporters carried a picture of Ali Shakourirad, the Secretary General ...

After steelworker pensioners staged a sit-in in front of the labour ministry, Iran’s minister of labour a ounced the workers’ demands for their delayed pension payments have been met. ILNA reports that steelworkers from across the country staged protests in front of the ministry of labour on Tuesday...

The Iranian president tried to defend his administration’s record on the nuclear agreement as the ultra-right factions of the Islamic Republic heightened their criticism of the significance of the deal with the world powers. Hassan Rohani In July, Iran reached a deal with world powers and agreed to ...

April 19, 2016 at 4:30 pm Officials in Mazandaran report that workplace deaths in the province in the past year have increased by 19 percent. A report on Tuesday April 19 indicates that in the past Iranian calendar year, 95 people were killed in workplace accidents in Mazandaran, including seven Afg...

Floods in Khuzestan have engulfed the protected park for Iran’s yellow deer, further threatening the survival of this endangered species. The head of Khuzestan province’s Department of the Environment told ILNA on Sunday April 18 that it was still in the process of investigating the number of deer a...