UN Diplomats Walk Out On Iran’s Foreign Minister As He Addresses Human Rights Council...
By Natasha Phillips
United Nations diplomats walked out of a speech by Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian during a Feb. 27 session of the UN’s Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. The session was held...
Internet Blackouts Endanger Lives of Iranians, Says NetBlocks Founder
By Natasha Phillips
An internet blackout in Iran during the widespread recent protests inside the country has clear human rights implications, according to Alp Toker, the founder of London-based nonpartisan cyber monitoring body NetBlocks.
Iranians took...
BBC Series on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Is A Tale of Cruelty and Survival, Husband Says
By Natasha Phillips
A new BBC series titled "Prisoner 951" depicts the harrowing and true story of British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was arbitrarily detained in Iran for almost six years, and the subsequent campaign led by her husband...
Iran’s Religious Minorities Are Focus of New Online Magazine MVoices Iran
By Natasha Phillips
A new online magazine, MVoices Iran, is shedding light on religious minorities and the discrimination that they face in the country. The magazine describes itself as the first publication of its kind.
Iran, which has been an Islamic...
#14 Kayhan Life Podcasts: Interview with Gazelle Sharmahd
By Natasha Phillips
KayhanLife · #14 Kayhan Life Podcasts: Interview with Gazelle Sharmahd
Jamshid Sharmahd, a German-Iranian IT consultant and political dissident was sentenced to death on Feb. 21 by an Iranian court. The judges sentencing...
Iran’s Execution of Man for Drinking is A Test for International Community, Says Human...
By Natasha Phillips
The Iranian government’s announcement that it had executed a man for repeatedly drinking alcohol is a test to see whether the international community will react, according to Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, founder of the...
UK Must Push For Release of British-Iranian Mehran Raoof, Amnesty International Says
By Natasha Phillips
The British government must include the unjustly detained British-Iranian Mehran Raoof in its efforts to free other British-Iranians such as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori, Amnesty International has said.
Raoof, a 64-year-old labor...
#1 Kayhan Life Podcasts: With Kaveh Moussavi
In a landmark case, Hamid Nouri, an Iranian man suspected of being a deputy prosecutor engaged in the torture and execution of political prisoners in Iran in 1988, was arrested on November 9, at...
UK Court Postponement Complicates Release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Husband Says
By Natasha Phillips
A British court has postponed hearings due to take place in April on the $550 million that the U.K. owes Iran, potentially complicating the release of the detained British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
The High...
London Conference By Baha’i Community Denounces Religious, Gender Repression in Iran
By Natasha Phillips
Gender apartheid in countries such as Iran should be a recognized crime under international law, according to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic...
