[caption id="attachment_154973" align="alignright" width="204"] Iranian outspoken MP Ali Motahari was attack by a group of assailants in Shiraz on March 9, 2015.[/caption] Over fifty assailantsattacked outspoken Iranian MP Ali Motahari in Shirazwith pepper spray, rotten tomatoes and bricks, causing injury to his face. ISNA reports that Motahari,...

[caption id="attachment_141371" align="alignright" width="214"] A million-man march was held in Tehran on December 30, 2009 to condemn the desecration of Islamic sanctities. (File photo)[/caption] Iranians in various cities throughout the country attend ceremonies to mark the anniversary of December 30, known as 9 Day Epic. People across Iran mark ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEI Critical Threats Project Iran Analyst Mehrdad Moarefian, with contributors Chris Rawlins, Marie Donovan, Warren Marshall, and Dianna Timmerman. To receive this daily newsletter, please subscribe online. Key takeaway:Jafari dismissed reports of ...

Expectations for change have been high in Iran since President Hassan Rouhani's election. There have been some improvements, analysts say, but his ability to make deeper change may depend on the result of nuclear talks. TEHRAN, IRAN As nuclear negotiations reach a crescendo betweenIran and six world powers, there is much at stake at home for Irans ...

Irans former president Mohammad Khatami has called for the release of political prisoners and urged an end to house arrest for two leaders who alleged fraud after the 2009 election. In remarks published by ISNA news agency, Khatami, in office between 1997 and 2005, said such steps would benefit the country. He was referring to Mir Hossein Mousavi ...

Delivering the Tehran Friday Prayer, Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi emphasized thatIran will not close nuclear facilitiesin any agreement with the 5+1 Powers. Sedighi declared, The Supreme Leader stated that we will not retreat from the achievements that scientists have achieved in the matter of peaceful nuclear energy. Therefore, by the order of (Ayatollah ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's judiciary said Tuesday it is taking unspecified legal action against two opposition leaders held under house arrest without charge since 2011 - a move that possibly comes in response to demands by their supporters that they be given a fair trial to resolve their status. The semi-official Fars news agency quoted senior judiciary ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Irans Judiciary Chief Sadeq Amoli Larijani deplored the US support for the leaders of the West-backed seditious moves and unrests after the 2009 presidential election in Iran, calling it a flagrant interference in the countrys internal affairs. The sedition and its related issues are fully internal cases and the security and judiciary ...

The spokesperson for Irans Foreign Ministry has declared that the U.S. State Departments statement regarding Zahra Rahnavard, MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi amounts to interference in Irans domestic affairs. ISNA reports that Marzieh Afkham told reporters on Saturday February 15: This statement is interference in Irans domestic matters and goes ...

Irans Prosecutor General has announced that efforts to end the house arrest of MirHosein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard and Mehdi Karroubi are futile and nothing will change unless they repent. The Tasnim News Agency reports that Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei told a meeting of seminarians in Hamadan: Some are trying to end the house arrests to no avail; the ...

Iranian Justice Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi said if MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi declare that we are committed to the rule of law and peace, they could become eligible for a pardon. At a press conference on Tuesday February 4, Pourmohammadi said Mousavi and Karroubi have not been officially put on trial because the establishment has deliberated ...

A son of detained Iranian opposition figure Mehdi Karrubi says his father "sticks to his beliefs and principles" and has no plans to ask authorities for forgiveness. Taghi Karrubi told RFE/RL's Radio Farda his father is "ready for a trial in any court" but that he would want to openly "talk to the people." Mehdi Karrubi was moved on February 2 ...

Rouhanis Problems with Food for Iranians Iran has called for good intentions and good faith in talks, scheduled for February 18, on a comprehensive nuclear agreement. Tehran and the 5+1 Powers (US, Britain, Germany, France, China, and Russia), who signed an interim deal in November, will meet in Vienna in the opening attempt to reach a full arrangement ...

Irans Prosecutor General announced today that the transfer of Mehdi Karroubi to his home in Jamaran does not mean that the opposition leader is no longer under house arrest. Ghomalhossein Mohseni Ejei once again referred to the 2009 election protests as a show of sedition that made the revolutions enemies happy and, therefore, its perpetrators must ...

Irans Justice Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadihas announced the arrestof more than 10? anti-corruption officials on fraud charges. In the Government Discretionary Punishments Organisation (GDPO), some of our colleagues have been corrupted, Pourmohammadi said on Sunday. In line with the fight against corruption, more than 10 colleagues in GDPO, most ...

An Iranian opposition leader incarcerated for heading protests challenging Mahmoud Ahmadinejads 2009 re-election as president, has been transfered to house arrest after spending three years in a state-supervised apartment, his son said. Mehdi Karrubi, who accused Ahmadinejad of fraudulently winning a second term, will be monitored by security forces ...

Mohammad Javad Larijani, the head of Iran's Judiciary Committee for Human Rights, says the legal files of MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, the leaders of the 2009 election protests, are being processed. ISNA reports that Larijani claimed the process has been prolonged because of their good record in the Islamic Republic. MirHosein Mousavi ...

NasimA member of Irans Parliaments Presiding Board Hossein Sobhaninia stressed that there will be no change in the situation of key Players of Post 2008 election riots, saying that propaganda will never affect the decision made to keep them under home arrest. In an interview with Nasim he further slammed the resolution against Human Rights in Iran ...

Nasim- The Speaker of Rouhanis government hinted approval that the files of Mir-Hossein Mosavi and Mehdi Karroubi are transferred to the Irans Supreme National Security Council to be investigated and decided. Speaking to the reports on the sideline of weekly meeting of government officials,Mohammad Bagher Nobakhttold that he does not reject the news ...

(Reuters) - A U.S. web-hosting company has shut the website of an Iranian opposition leader held under house arrest in Tehran to comply with U.S. sanctions, underscoring the unintended impacts of some of the curbs imposed on the Islamic Republic. Washington has imposed sanctions restricting U.S. entities' trade with and provision of services toIranin ...