In a major setback for Turkey's self-promotion as a pivot of regional diplomacy, Tehran could rebuff Ankara's bid to hold the next round of multilateral nuclear talks in Istanbul. As a result, unless Ankara sends Tehran some reassuring…
Iran hasn’t been shy about efforts to monitor, filter and block content on the internet. Now it has taken the next leap, turning online censorship into an institution.
Lawmakers are angry at Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's decision to deliver more cash benefits to Iranian households as part of the restructuring of government subsidies without the approval of Parliament.
“The Iranian Writers Kurdish Association” issued a declaration of regarding the unlimited hunger strike of the Kurdish writers and civil activists in Strasbourg in Alsace (France).
Iran is boosting the monthly cash payments it gives to its citizens by more than fifty percent, the Iranian Labour News Agency reported, as soaring inflation and the depreciating Rial continue to bite deep into the national economy.
Syrian forces pounded the already battered city of Homs with tank and mortar fire and troops raided a rebellious northern town on Saturday, leaving 10 civilians and four soldiers dead, opposition activists said.
The Iranian Statistics Centre says 84 percent of the country’s internet users still use the dial-up method to connect to the web.
Iran is providing a broad array of assistance to Syrian President Bashar Assad to help him suppress anti-government protests, from high-tech surveillance technology to guns and ammunition, U.S. and European security officials say.
The United Nations Human Rights Council has renewed the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for human rights in Iran.
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a federal government commission that monitors global religious freedom, today released its 2012 Annual Report and recommended that the Secretary of State name the following…
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