ifmat - Iran’s Election Season Starts with journalists arrests

Iran’s Election Season Starts with journalists arrests

Iran’s presidential elections, as well as those for town and village councils, are scheduled for May 19. Yet even before registration opens for candidates, a string of journalists have been arrested. If they have been arrested simply ...
ifmat - Iran in Syria An arena for longer-term conflict

Iran in Syria: An arena for longer-term conflict?

Having successfully propped up the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against an array of armed rebel groups for more than six years, Iran appears to be preparing the ground for a long-term presence in the war-ravaged ...
ifmat - Jailed Iranian researcher’s health worsening rapidly

Jailed Iranian researcher’s health worsening rapidly

An Iranian researcher jailed in Tehran for the last 11 months is in declining health after spending more than two months on hunger strike. This month, researchers around the world made urgent appeals for his release.
ifmat - Iran’s Defense Production Grows

Iran’s Defense Production Grows

The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was supposed to mitigate the threat Iran’s nuclear program posed and thereby, according to the deal’s supporters, reduce the threat of war.
ifmat - Iran loses thousands of fighters in Syria

Iran loses thousands of fighters in Syria

Thousands of fighters under Iranian command and more than 10 generals have been killed on the battlefields of Syria and Iraq during the ongoing conflicts, a report said.
ifmat - Former Opposition leader On Hunger Strike

Former Opposition leader On Hunger Strike

Reformist activist and former political prisoner Hengameh Shahidi has started a hunger strike and is refusing to take vital prescription medication in protest against her detention, her mother informed the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI)