Headlines- As the military adopts a "offensive and asymmetrical" defense strategy, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to its spokesperson Hossein Mohebi, threatens to invade any country that strikes it.
- In an apparent jab at US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, French President Emmanuel Macron criticized world leaders on Wednesday for making "stupid" remarks regarding the rioting and looting that broke out on the fringes of nationwide protests in France on Saturday.
- A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury decided that the business tricked users in a case related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
- The Vatican said on Wednesday that Pope Leo XIV, 71, will not need any further lung cancer treatment after testing revealed the disease was localized.
- Despite multiple accusations dating back to 2009, an unnamed teenager who alleged she was sexually assaulted at a University of Chicago fraternity house has filed a lawsuit, claiming the fraternity did not take sufficient action to prevent sexual attacks.
Tag: Iranian Authority
Iran: RSF and the Center for...
On the occasion of the World Day against the Death Penalty, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Center for Human Rights Defenders in Iran call on the Iranian authorities to put an end to capital executions which target in particular prisoners of opinion, of which journalists
Former Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad: ‘I...
His two-term presidency (2005-13) was marked by human rights violations, including a violent crackdown on demonstrators protesting his disputed reelection, the arrests and harassment of prominent opposition figures and journalists — including RFE/RL correspondents. But in an often testy interview with RFE/RL, Mahmud Ahmadinejad says he has no regrets – although he avoids answering tough questions about his rule
Iranian Americans Mourn Lost Lives, Protest...
Iranian Americans gathered in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles Sunday to mourn those killed when Iran shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet, and peaceful protesters killed and wounded by Iranian security forces
Iran cut off from the world...
According to media reports and independent journalists, 100 people were killed by police during 3 days of demonstrations. But the entire population of Iran, 80 million people, was deprived of its right to information because of “thugs”, which would be “few” according to the words of the Supreme Guide Ali Khamenei and the President of the Republic, Hassan Rohani
Iran Resorts To ‘Maximum Repression’ In...
The repression level has remained high in 2019, even though the number of protests has dropped significantly — by 38 percent according to Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli — with analysts suggesting that the poor economy is likely to weaken citizens’ ability to hold public protests
Looking Back:A Young Woman and Her...
Several images will likely be iconic of this year’s demonstrations including a young woman – reported to be a student – covering her face as she runs from tear gas just outside the University of Tehran, her fist raised defiantly in the air