The Iranian housing market continues to impose immense financial burdens on its citizens, particularly tenants, as rents soar to unprecedented levels, leaving many struggling to afford even basic accommodation.The main reason for soaring rents and property prices is persistent...
Mehdi Chamran, the head of the Tehran City Council, has defended a secretive two-billion-euro contract with a Chinese construction company for the purchase of electric buses.Chamran said on Sunday that the details of the agreement were “confidential and its...
The head of the Iranian Sociological Association says that there is a profound gap between the state's ideology and the Iranian people's societal norms, calling the regime’s tactic of "homogenizing" society futile.In an interview with reformist Jamaran News, Saeed...
The disruption to container shipping traffic in the Red Sea is increasing and is expected to reduce the industry's capacity between the Far East and Europe by some 15%-20% in the second quarter, shipping group Maersk said on Monday.Maersk...
The head of the Iranian cyber police unit has introduced new measures to crack down on online activities that reportedly contravene Islamic, social, and cultural norms.The latest measure will monitor the behavior of Iranian people in the digital realm,...
Isfahan's Islamic Revolutionary Court has sentenced another dissident, Iranian social media activist Mahmoud Mehrabi, to death on the charge of "corruption on earth."Mehrabi’s lawyer, Babak Farsani, said that the charge was issued without detailed justification from Branch 5 of...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has delivered yet another anti-US and anti-Israeli speech, implicitly also attacking Saudi Arabia, saying that "Anyone who extends a hand of friendship to America and Israel is an oppressor."The May 6 speech that was...
Iran’s Interior Minister says the Islamic Republic has deported about 1.3 million foreign nationals over the past year as part of its ongoing crackdown on illegal migrants.Minister Ahmad Vahidi is urging the need for “legislative reform” to prevent the...
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, arrived in Tehran on Monday with the objective of repairing strained relations and bolstering cooperation and transparency between the agency and Iran.“I proposed a set of concrete practical measures for...
In another letter from prison, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi is criticizing the harsh conditions faced by elderly female political prisoners in Tehran’s infamous Evin Prison.Mohammadi, known for her human rights advocacy, referred to the detention of 21...