1+ hour, 8+ min ago  (240+ words) Masoud Vazifeh, a political prisoner currently held in Greater Tehran Prison, remains systematically denied access to essential hospital care despite a direct medical transfer order issued by the prison's supervisory judge. His vital treatment has been entirely halted due to…...

3+ hour, 13+ min ago  (286+ words) The Mizan News Agency, the official media outlet of the Islamic Republic's judiciary, published a decree on Sunday, July 5, confirming that Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei has been reappointed as the head of the judiciary for a second five-year term. The renewal mandate…...

3+ hour, 30+ min ago  (330+ words) Whether the Islamic Republic operates as a dictatorship is not a mere dispute over semantics. If this dictatorial nature is to be denied, especially by those who spent years calling the regime exactly that, a fundamental question must be answered:…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (366+ words) Iran Wire Exiled Actor Manouchehr Farid Passes Away Manouchehr Farid, a prominent actor celebrated for his iconic roles in the most defining masterpieces of Iranian cinema's "New Wave," has passed away at the age of 89 in Melbourne, Australia. The news…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (472+ words) Iran Wire Former Iranian Volleyball Coach Faces Multiple Sexual Assault Charges in Canada Iraj Mozaffari, a former coach of Iran's national volleyball teams and the founder of a private volleyball club in North Vancouver, Canada, has been charged by judicial…...

3+ day, 17+ min ago  (248+ words) US President Donald Trump announced that negotiations between Washington and Tehran are ongoing, claiming that the Islamic Republic "has agreed to just about everything we need." Speaking with CNBC early Friday, July 3, Trump expressed optimism regarding the outcome of the…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (224+ words) Iran Wire Wildlife Conservation Society Demands Release of Detained Environmentalist Couple The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) issued a statement on Thursday, July 2, expressing deep concern over the arrest of Houman Jowkar and Sepideh Kashani, a prominent environmentalist couple in Iran....

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (238+ words) Iran Wire Loss of an Icon: Iranian Carpet Advocate Heshmati Razavi Dies According to Iranian media reports, Fazlollah Heshmati Razavi, a renowned researcher and prominent figure in the field of Persian carpets, has passed away at the age of 86. The…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (387+ words) During an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, July 2, the Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN declared that "Iran cannot, and we will not allow it to, hold the global economy hostage." The…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (218+ words) Mahan Mahrou, a biodiversity expert, told Payam-e Ma newspaper that stopgap measures like blocking the wetland's outlets can only temporarily halt water from draining out. In the long run, he noted, such actions will merely accelerate the accumulation of sewage…...