Gershad, an Iranian crowdsourcing app designed to allow users to avoid the morality police, known as the Ershad, became a massive success almost immediately after its launch, only to be blocked by regime authorities less than a day later. The app allows users to mark where they saw an Ershad patrol on a...

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The Washington Post‘s correspondent in Tehran, who was arrested by Iranian authorities more than a year ago and was held for nine months without charge, has been convicted in an espionage trial. Jason Rezaian, an Iranian-American journalist, had been held in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison for longer than the 444 days of the Iran...

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Two high-ranking members of the Iranian military made threats against the United States in public statements Sunday, with one saying that the conflict between the Islamic Republic and the U.S. “will never end.” “The raison d’etre of our quarrel with [the United States] is a quarrel between the right and wrong in...

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The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) identified another site where it claims that Iran is carrying on undeclared nuclear research, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The National Council of Resistance of Iran said underground labs in suburban Tehran have been used since 2008 to enrich uranium. It said the...

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Iran has made no significant concessions in its negotiations over its nuclear program, Israeli Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz said today. Steinitz made his remarks in a conference call organized by The Israel Project, which publishes The Tower. A recording of the call is available here. Steinitz noted that Iran has made “some...

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Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) issued a statement yesterday outlining the various requirements he believes are necessary for the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran to be effective: 1. the dismantling—not freezing—of Iran’s illegal nuclear weapons program; 2. institution of intrusive, any-time inspections for all facilities to assure Iranian compliance; 3. a slow process...

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A five-minute-long video (Persian link) circulated on the Internet among Iranian activists shows the Iranian regime’s masked police forces publicly abusing and beating a group of young Iranians while parading them through the streets, handcuffed in the back of an open vehicle. The incident took place in the streets of...

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Despite the nuclear talks taking place in Oman between Iran, the U.S., and the EU, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy has issued a clear warning to the United States to leave the Gulf region. Admiral Ali Fadavi’s statement is just the latest example of Tehran’s verbal belligerence...

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani traveled to the Iraqi border on June 18 to pledge his country will do whatever it takes to protect the holiest sites in Shia Islam, which are located in southern Iraq. Rouhani said there are petitions from Iranians who are willing “to destroy the terrorists and...

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When Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrives in Turkey on June 9th, his entourage along with their hosts will point out at every given opportunity the warm ties between the two largest non-Arab states in the Middle East. On the practical level, the governments will sign a series of deals boosting...

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