RT - Iranian celebrities including Oscar-winning film director Asghar Farhadi and Grammy winner Kayhan Kalhor have launched a petition condemning US sanctions on Tehran, AFP said. Once again, the US has imposed sanctions against Iran Every Iranian will personally pay the price, reads the petition, named Voices Against Sanctions and posted on change....

Bourse and Bazaar | AFP - Iran's vice-president in charge of environmental affairs has called for an explanation on the fate of more than a dozen activists arrested this year, state news agency IRNA reported Sunday. "We are not asking for their release or for their execution, we just want their fate to be clarified. This is part of their citizenship ...

Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: A central part of President Hassan Rouhanis campaign for re-election ahead of Irans May 19 ballotingfocused on addressing the demands of female voters. Emphasizing womens rightsmore than any other candidate, the moderate Rouhani promised Iranian women equalemployment opportunitiesand access to better services if elected to ...

A former journalist with the British Broadcasting Corporations Persian service was arrested in Iran on Wednesday, Iranian activists outside the country reported, just as Irans foreign minister embarked on a trip to Britain, the first such visit in more than a decade. The former journalist, Bahman Daroshafaei, a dual citizen of Britain and Iran, ...