Shayan Ghajar
Iran’s two most powerful men, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, face growing criticism from two traditionally supportive centers of power in Iran. The Supreme Leader has been subject to unprecedented levels of criticism in recent months from powerful clerics, while Ahmadinejad is being attacked by conservative politicians for straying too far from the ideology and legacy of the Islamic Revolution. more»
Arash Aramesh
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Swiss ambassador to Iran to express Iran’s deepest dissatisfaction with President Barack Obama’s executive order imposing sanctions on eight Iranian officials accused by the US of violating human rights. more»
Aniseh
Mohammad-Ali Ramin, deputy culture minister of the Islamic Republic, has stated that two Iranian newspapers have been denied a license and banned. The weekly Bahar Zanjan and the daily Andishe-ye No were accused of publishing articles insulting the country’s officials and defying public morals. more»
Arash Aramesh
Ayatollah Ali-Mohammad Dastgheib, member of the Assembly of Experts and an outspoken critic of the government, issued a new theological verdict about Velayat Faqih, or rule of Islamic jurist, and stated that the current implications of this theory are contradictory to what the Iranian constitution had intended. more»
Shayan Ghajar
Iranian newspapers indicate the strikes in the gold merchants’ stalls in many of Iran’s largest bazaars continue today due to a proposed tax hike on the precious metal, with talks between gold merchant representatives and the government currently stalled. more»
