Al-Monitor - Protests have continued for a third night after Iranian officials took responsibility for accidentally shooting down a passenger plane in Tehran and killing 176 people. Protests have taken place at Amir Kabir University and Sharif University of Technology, which lost current or former students in Flight 752. Among the victims were a ...

Iranian Diplomacy - It feels like Mr Rouhani has abandoned the countrys affairs. These words were not uttered by Rouhanis fierce opponents in the Principlist camp, but Faezeh Hashemi, the outspoken daughter of the late Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and a supporter of the moderate president. Her remarks, published inFinancial Times, may not tally with ...

Iran Front Page- IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Wednesday, November 8, and picked headlines from 12 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. All newspapers today covered the Arbaeen pilgrimage, the worlds largest religious gathering which includes a trek ...

AP - The outspoken daughter of Iran's late President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been sentenced to six months in prison for "spreading lies against the judiciary," a semi-official news agency reported Saturday, as the country prepares for a May presidential election. The report by the Fars news agency comes after rumors of a prison sentence handed ...

Despite the recent field advertising about Chairman of the Expediency Council's presence in Rafsanjan, his trip was cancelled. Chairman of the Expediency CouncilAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was scheduled to travel to Rafsanjan, but his trip was cancelled, Fars reported. Since a few days ago, field advertisings have began in Rafsanjan by installing ...

By Tasnim News Agency

It is a measure of Irans economic situation that President Rouhani, in his Tuesday speech on the 35th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, set a goal of growth near zero. Rouhanisaid: The administration has taken a serious step in the field of confronting stagnation and will return growth to the economy. The first steps to reduce last years ...

Faezeh HashemiRafsanjani has been chosen as the president of Irans Association for Press Freedom. The outspoken daughter of Ayatollah Rafsanjani, the Expediency Council chairman, served six months in jail for criticizing government officials and speaking to the press about the mistreatment of her family. The association also chose Badrolsadat Mofidi ...

[caption id="attachment_28085" align="alignright" width="300"] Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani casts his ballot in a parliamentary election in Tehran March 2, 2012.[/caption] (Reuters) - Iran's best known political grandee, former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, looms large in the history of the Islamic Republic - now registered ...

Todays top stories in Iran include Faezeh Hashemi's denial of the charge of disturbing Evin prison; ending of the sixth court session of Kahrizak suspended judges; Iran MPs private meeting to study the effects of increasing rate of essential commodities; Iran MPs' appointing new Labor Minister and Isfehan Textile workers' protest in front of Iranian ...

Jailed political prisoner Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani has challenged an MP who recently visited Evin Prison, declaring that his statements about the conditions there were fraught with lies and delusions. A letter by Faezeh Hashemi, which was dated January 27 and published on the Kaleme website, refers to a delegation of MPs that visited Evin Prison ...

On Monday, a group of Iranian MPs who visited the notorious Evin prison described Iran's biggest jail for political prisoners as a "hotel". "From now on, I will call it Hotel Evin, rather than Evin prison," one of them, Safar Naeimi, said after his six-hour tour of the complex in the capital, Tehran. But in recent years, many prisoners of conscience,...

By Associated press TEHRAN, Iran Irans official news agency says authorities have detained the daughter of influential ex-president and political centrist Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. The Sunday report by IRNA says Tehrans judiciary department took Faezeh Hashemi into custody late Saturday to serve a six-month sentence on charges of making propaganda ...