Iranians who own dogs could be fined 100 million rials and punished with 74 lashes for walking their pets or even keeping them at home, under a proposed law.

A court in Iran staged a trial this month for Ghoncheh Ghavami, the British Iranian activist who was arrested for attending a volleyball game, but she still awaits the final verdict.

Atheists in Muslim countries speak out as they find themselves concealing their lack of faith during Ramadan for the sake of their own safety.

Iranian activists and European MPs plan to march on Paris on June 27, to protest against the lack of freedoms in Iran under the country’s religious extremist regime.

Bread and Roses, a freethinking socio-political television magazine in English and Persian will be broadcasted across the world, including countries in the Middle East and Iran.