Tag: pressures

Former president describes pressures facing Rohani

  Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami says current president Hassan Rohani is under serious pressure from his political opponents as he deals with political and cultural issues. The Etemad daily writes that according to Khatami, President Rohani’s opponents are trying to tell him: “we are still here and have power and will not let things […]

Political Prisoner Ends Hunger Strike as Orumiyeh Intelligence Pressures Other Prisoners

  Political prisoner Adel Jalali ended his 11-day hunger strike on March 28 after prison officials at Orumiyeh Central Prison agreed to cooperate with him, a local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. The source added that the Prison Intelligence Unit has been pressuring four other political prisoners at Orumiyeh, repeatedly […]

Iranian carpet tradition faces modern pressures

  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Deep in Tehran’s carpet bazaar, merchants and laborers occupy chambers that have changed little over the centuries. But Iran’s carpet industry now faces some modern pressures.The country’s more than 1 million weavers — producing an average of $500 million in exports a year — are fighting against competitors in major […]