Listeners of Radio Farda, RFE/RL's Persian-language service, weigh in with their views on the announcement this week of new U.S. sanctions against Iran, which included the designation of the elite Quds Force as a terrorist group.
The U.S. government has hit Iran with some of its strongest unilateral sanctions since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, singling out the elite Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization. But what the moves portend -- whether they hasten or hinder military action -- looks set to be the focus of global debate in the weeks to come.
October 25, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The head of a Tehran-based nongovernmental group active in promoting democracy has been detained in Iran.
Baluchis in Pakistan and Iran are increasingly marginalized, and see little chance of benefiting from new development projects on their resource-rich land.
October 23, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Amid speculation over why Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad suddenly cut short a visit to Armenia today, senior Armenian officials have told RFE/RL that it may have been due to the "deteriorating health" of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The government wants to expand public transport as part of continuing efforts to curb the use of cars and reduce costly fuel imports. But critics worry that its implementation could spark the kind of chaos that has accompanied gasoline rationing.
October 22, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Students at Tehran's Amir Kabir University demonstrated today against the prison sentences handed down to three fellow students for allegedly insulting Islam.
As the United States warns of "serious consequences" in the nuclear standoff, Iran has opened an air base, unveiled new military hardware, and issued defense pronouncements at a rapid-fire pace.
October 22, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad arrives in Armenia today for a two-day visit. On the agenda is a natural-gas pipeline between the two countries and other energy issues. Federico Bordonaro, a senior analyst with the Rome-based Power and Interest News Report, spoke to RFE/RL about the geopolitical implications of the growing ties between Armenia and Iran.
The arrest of critics in Iran is hardly new, but authorities have cast their net wider in the latest wave of detentions, in what some are calling an attempt to silence political dissent ahead of parliamentary elections.
The resignation of Ali Larijani raises questions about the direction Tehran will take in negotiations over its disputed nuclear program.
Trade unionists from around the world are calling on the Iranian authorities to release jailed union activist Mansur Osanlu, who is being held in Tehran's notorious Evin prison and in deteriorating health.
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