Iranian Cleric Claims Hubble Telescope Images Fabricated
Abbas Tabrizian, a controversial Iranian Shia cleric known for his advocacy of Islamic Medicine, has made headlines again calling NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope a sham.According to a post on his Telegram channel, Tabrizian alleged that the images from the iconic telescope are created inside a water basin and said that as the moon is ‘made of water and light’, the presence...
Under President Raisi, Iran’s Central Bank Doubles Banknote Printing
Iran's broad money has doubled during the 2.5-year presidency of Ebrahim Raisi, according to statistics from the country’s Central Bank (CBI).The statistics suggest that broad money has surged from 5.19 quadrillion rials in August 2021 to 10.33 quadrillion rials in January 2024.Broad money, the total money supply within an economy, is the primary cause of rampant inflation in Iran....
Outcry as Hungarian University Invites Iran’s Former President to Speak
The Israeli Embassy and the Jewish community in Hungary have slammed an invitation extended to Iran’s former president to speak at two university events.Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, known for his anti-Israel stance and Holocaust denial, is scheduled to speak to students at the National University of Public Service (NKE).The topics are said to focus on "common values in the global environment,"...
‘Patients First’: Iran’s Pharmacists Rebuke Ministry’s Hijab Directive
Iran's government is under fire from the nation's pharmacists following a directive that ties a pharmacy's adherence to the mandated hijab law to its allocation of medicine.Pharmacy officials are speaking out against the government-run Food and Drug Administration's recent hijab mandate, stressing their commitment to patient care above a patient’s personal beliefs.Earlier this week, the Iran Food and Drug...
Surge in Persecution of Baha’i Women in Iran
Dozens of Baha'i women in Iran have been summoned to court facing baseless criminal charges amid an escalation in the persecution of the Baha'i community.Since early March, over 75% of the Baha'is summoned to court or prison—65 out of 85—have been women, announced the Baha’i International Community (BIC) on Tuesday.Currently, two-thirds of all Baha'i prisoners in Iran are women. Many were detained without due...
Strange Bedfellows: How Islamists and America’s Left Are in Cahoots
Protests at American university campuses may have had other goals, but their narrative instead served as clear evidence of how Islamists and Marxists can collaborate against Western values and US interests.The Iranian regime's support of the demonstrations and subsequent invitations by Islamic Republic officials for these students to relocate to Iran were further demonstrations of the deep connections between...
Khamenei’s Hijab Enforcement Continues in Street War on Women
A video showing agents of Iran's hijab patrol forcibly arresting a young woman for failing to comply with the mandatory hijab has surfaced showing her being forcibly thrown into a van as brutal crackdowns continue.According to the person who recorded the video, the hijab patrol has adopted a new strategy where an officer films the reactions of those detained...
US Politicians Slam Death Sentence for Iranian Rapper
Politicians in the United States have slammed the death sentence of Toomaj Salehi, an Iranian singer known for his dissenting views amid the ongoing uprising against the government.Adam Schiff, California Rep., took to X on Wednesday to condemn the Revolutionary Court's decision, which he described as an unjust sentence for merely "calling for accountability for the Iranian regime through...
Amnesty Labels Iran’s Hijab Enforcement ‘War on Women’
Amnesty International has branded Iran's brutal hijab crackdown as a "War on Women" in the wake of the recent Noor plan which has seen security forces violently arresting unveiled women.The human rights organization reported that since April 13 when the new hijab crackdowns began, Iranian security forces have escalated their tactics engaging in "surveillance, beatings, sexual violence, electric shocks, arbitrary...
Canada Inches Closer to Designating IRGC As a Terrorist Entity
The Canadian House of Commons on Wednesday unanimously adopted a Report to designate Iran’s IRGC as a terrorist entity and expel about 700 Iranian agents operating in Canada.The constitutional weight of the adoption of the report cannot be exaggerated for it is non-binding for the government and the government could very well never re-introduce any bill for its implementation....
