UPDATES: 46 Dead, 1,100+ Injured in Iran Port Explosion
At least 46 people have been killed and more than 1,100 injured by a large explosion and fire in the Shahid Rajaee port in southern Iran.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Apr 28, 2025 | Iran | 1
At least 46 people have been killed and more than 1,100 injured by a large explosion and fire in the Shahid Rajaee port in southern Iran.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Apr 19, 2025 | EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Iran, Media, Video | 5
Discussing the state of indirect talks between Iran and the Trump Administration and Israeli threats of strikes against Iranian nuclear sites
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Apr 19, 2025 | Iran | 4
Iran and Trump Administration hold 1st round of “indirect talks” in Oman over Tehran’s nuclear program. Iranians hail as “constructive”.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Apr 13, 2025 | Iran | 6
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (File) Trump-Iran Indirect Talks Begin in Oman...
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Apr 11, 2025 | Iran | 0
Directors Maryam Moghaddam & Behtash Sanaeeha given suspended 6-year prison sentences in Iran over their award-winning film My Favorite Cake.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Apr 8, 2025 | Iran | 7
Under severe economic pressure, Iran will hold discussions with the Trump Administration in Oman on Saturday about Tehran’s nuclear program.
Read Moreby Turkan Bozkurt | Mar 27, 2025 | Iran | 2
Poisoning of Aras River in NW Iran is “environmental racism” v. Azerbaijani communities who “bear costs of problem which they did not create”
Read Moreby Deepa Parent | Mar 25, 2025 | Iran | 3
Iran authorities said they would halt enforcement of new hijab laws with draconian penalties, but State surveillance of women is increasing.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Mar 25, 2025 | Iran | 1
Iran’s currency has set another historic low by plummeting past 1,000,000:1 v. US dollar, a 95% fall since early 2018 and 30% since December.
Read Moreby Danial Jarrahi | Mar 22, 2025 | Iran | 7
Image: Shima Abedinzade As Iran grapples with severe economic and social crises, the...
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Mar 20, 2025 | Iran | 0
Iran’s authorities release French citizen Olivier Grondeau, detained since October 2022 on security charges amid nationwide protests.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Mar 19, 2025 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, Iran, MENA, What's New, World | 2
8 questions and answers to assess significance of Israel’s renewed “open-ended” war on Gaza, and Trump Administration’s bombing of Yemen
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Feb 18, 2025 | Iran | 7
Craig and Lindsay Foreman UPDATE, FEB 18: Iran’s authorities have charged UK nationals Craig...
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jan 13, 2025 | Iran | 28
German-Iranian women’s rights activist Nahid Taghavi returns to Germany after 4+ years in prison in Iran: “Mere words can’t describe our joy”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jan 12, 2025 | Iran | 5
Iran frees Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, detained for 20 days. Has regime failed in using her as leverage over Iranian arrested in Italy?
Read Moreby Danial Jarrahi | Jan 3, 2025 | Iran | 13
Facing unprecedented internal & external challenges, will Iran’s regime put pragmatism above “strict ideological beliefs” & negotiate with US?
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jan 2, 2025 | Iran | 5
Already beset by problems at home and throughout the Middle East, Iran’s regime is facing an energy crisis with power cuts and restrictions.
Read Moreby Deepa Parent | Dec 18, 2024 | Iran | 6
Online image of Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi in concert without hijab Originally published by...
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Dec 5, 2024 | Iran, Russia, Syria, What's New | 17
Assad does not even preside over his share of partitioned Syria. And Russia and Iran, overstretched & isolated, cannot restore his paper rule”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Dec 5, 2024 | Iran | 7
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi given temporary medical leave from prison in Iran, and rapper Toomaj Salehi freed after 2+ years
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Dec 5, 2024 | Iran, Syria | 6
Rebels consolidate liberation of Syria’s largest city Aleppo as Bashar al-Assad tries to show control with Iran’s Foreign Minister in Damascus
Read Moreby Danial Jarrahi | Nov 23, 2024 | Iran, Uncategorized | 8
Why is Iran’s regime so obsessed with hijab? And how a stand by women against oppression is now a movement for change throughout the country.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Nov 22, 2024 | Iran | 1
International Atomic Energy Agency again criticizes Iran over non-cooperation on its nuclear program. Tehran responds by stepping up activity.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Nov 20, 2024 | Iran | 1
For more than two decades, Kianoosh Sanjari (pictured) sought civil rights in Iran, defying the...
Read Moreby Deepa Parent | Nov 14, 2024 | Iran | 4
Human rights activists are gravely concerned that young Iranian woman arrested for stripping to her underwear could be subjected to torture.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Nov 3, 2024 | Iran | 16
Scrambling for legitimacy amid domestic problems and Israel’s pressure, Iran’s Supreme Leader pledges “teeth-breaking response” to Israelis.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Oct 29, 2024 | Iran | 5
Iran’s authorities execute German-Iranian national & US permanent resident Jamshid Sharmahd, abducted from UAE and put through “sham trial”.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Oct 27, 2024 | Iran, MENA, World | 21
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and senior military...
Read Moreby Deepa Parent | Oct 25, 2024 | Iran | 1
The mother of Nika Shakarami, 16, the slain protester who became face of Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom protests, has reportedly been arrested.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Oct 16, 2024 | Iran | 21
Dual US-Iranian national Reza Valizadeh, a former journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, has been arrested in Iran’s capital Tehran.
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