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.