Iran

Confidential leaked files received by Reporters Without Borders shows the Islamic Republic of Iran has arrested 860 journalists in three decades.

The American-born Iranian journalist, Marziyeh Hashemi who has been recently released by US, was interrogated again by Iranian forces.

Six nursing students of Bonab’s Islamic Azad University in Weastern Azarbaijan province wounded as a bus overturned on Monday. 

The condition of one of the students reported critical.

Mustafa Qulizadeh, an Iranian athlete from Tabriz brought his medals on street on Monday to sell them, in protest of injustice and unemployment in his country.

Touraj Esmaeeli, a top advisor working for the cyber department of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council fled the country on Tuesday, drawing out hundreds of classified documents.

Amnesty International released a recent report on Iran, condemning the country for the arrest of more than 7000 people only in the last year including dozens of journalists.

Avatoday has obtained series of detailed documents, revealing Iranian official’s historical corruption scandal of a huge transfer of Iranian people’s investments and bank deposits, estimated at around 14 thousand billion US Dollar.

Iranian lawmakers implemented a new bill on Sunday, banning any direct or indirect advertisement of foreign products inside the country, IRNA reported.

Esmaeel Bakhsi, the representative of workers of Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Factory who spent 25 days in captivity of Iranian Intelligence Agency known as Etelaat, invited on Friday Mahmoud Alavi, minister of Intelligence for a televised live debate.

Cemil Bayik, co-chairman of Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), claimed on Wednesday the United States is forming a new coalition consisting Turkey, Iraq and Kurds against Iran and that Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) will be against such coalition.