 RFE/RL Iran Report 7/29/2010 6:31:33 PM A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Iran. For more stories on Iran, please visit and bookmark our Iran page . |
 TOEFL Testing Reinstated in Iran ETS, the U.S.-based organization that administers the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and other exams, has said on its website that it is resuming registrations in Iran. More  Iranian Journalist, Activist Sentenced Iranian journalist and human rights activist Emadedin Baghi has been sentenced to one year in jail and banned from political activity for five years. More  Tehran's Revolution Square 'Conquered By Zionist Regime' Iranian hard-line website Seratnews writes that Tehran's Revolution Square is nowadays covered with hundreds of Stars of David and that the central square has been "conquered by the Zionist regime." More  Iranian Social Networking, Hard-Line Style Iran launches a social-networking website for admirers of the supreme leader, where they can posts pictures, videos, and articles while fighting "evil." More  Prominent Iranian Lawyer's Family Members Held 'Hostage' The wife and brother-in-law of a prominent lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei, have been arrested in Iran in what rights activists describe as a "hostage taking" by the authorities. Mostafaei represents an Iranian woman whose execution by stoning was recently postponed following an international outcry. More  Interview: Farah Pahlavi Recalls 30 Years In Exile July 27 is the 30th anniversary of the death of Iran's last imperial ruler, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The shah left Iran in December 1978 after 37 years in power. After living in Morocco, the United States, Mexico, and Panama, he went to Egypt where he died in a Cairo hospital in 1981.His wife, Farah Pahlavi, spoke to RFE/RL's Radio Farda's Jean Khakzad about the incidents of those times. More  Iran Condemns New EU Sanctions Iran is condemning stricter sanctions by the European Union, saying they will complicate the nuclear dispute. The EU foreign ministers approved a list of sanctions that go well beyond the measures approved by the United Nations. More  EU Offers Serbia-Kosovo Talks, Ratchets Up Iran Sanctions EU foreign ministers, meeting in Brussels for the last time before the summer recess, offered to host direct talks between Serbia and Kosovo. The ministers also approved a new raft of sanctions against Iran and discussed a number of other key regional and global problems. More  Jailed Journalist Files Complaint Against Iran's Leaders A jailed Iranian journalist has warned that if his complaint against Iran's supreme leader, president, and chief prosecutor is not pursued he will appeal to international bodies. More  'Convincing' Revolutionary Guards Who Support Green Movement 'Better Than Eliminating Them' The commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has officially acknowledged that some members have been supportive of the country's opposition movement. Mohammad Ali Jafari said that it is better "to convince" guards who support the opposition than to get rid of them. More  Jailed Journalist Says He Was 'Dishonored' In Prison The comments to family have led to speculation that jailed journalist Abdolreza Tajik might have been sexually abused in prison. More Iranian bloggers are reporting that the Persian-language website of the collaborative "free encyclopedia" Wikipedia has been filtered in Iran, although it is unclear whether such blocks remain in place or have since been removed. They've posted this screen shot as evidence of the filtering. More  Ahmadinejad Asks, 'Is Mevedev A U.S. Agent?' Iran's President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has accused Russian President Dmitry Medvedev of kick-starting a "new Western scenario against Iran that is directed by the U.S." More |
