Bill to Ban Child Weddings Rejected As Popularity of Marriage In Iran Wanes
By Natasha Phillips
3 Jan - A proposed parliamentary bill in Iran to raise the age of marriage for girls and boys in Iran has been rejected by the Parliamentary Committee for Judicial and Legal Affairs. The veto...
Former Iranian Judiciary Chief Shahroudi, Accused of Executing Thousands, Confirmed Dead
By Natasha Phillips
24 Dec - Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, former chief of Iran’s Judiciary and Chairman of Iran's Expediency Discernment Council, has passed away. An earlier report by Iran’s official news agency IRNA suggested that the cleric...
Iranian Child Rights Activist Arrested on Spying Charges as Mass Detentions Continue
By Natasha Phillips
17 Dec - Laily Khatami, a child and women’s rights activist from Kermanshah, Iran, has been arrested and charged with espionage. A report from the Campaign for the Defense of Political and Civilian...
Iran’s Children Forgotten on World Human Rights Day
By Natasha Phillips
Charities and civil rights activists took to the internet on World Human Rights Day to highlight the Iranian government’s track record on a wide range of issues including unlawful detention and workers’...
Iranian Children Risk Their Lives to Reach UK in Small Boats
By Natasha Phillips
5 Dec - Iranian children and their families in the UK are risking their lives to cross the English Channel in small boats. Several British media outlets this week have suggested that...
Protests in Iran Show No Sign of Stopping Despite Nationwide Arrests
By Natasha Phillips
27 Nov - Demonstrations in Iran are still spreading across the country as truck drivers, farmers, teachers and students extend protests over pay and working conditions. The government has responded with a...
The Plight of Afghan Children in Iran
By Natasha Phillips
20 Nov - Iran has received Afghan refugees since 1979 and holds the largest Afghan diaspora population in the world. Today, three million Afghans who have fled war-torn territories live inside the...
Open Letter Calls on the E.U. to Stop Supporting The Iranian Government
By Natasha Phillips
An open letter signed by more than 200 Iranians living inside and outside Iran, asks E.U. officials to end their efforts in assisting the Iranian government, after Donald Trump imposed a second...
Iranians To Protest over Suspicious Death of Seven-Year-Old, Donya Veisi
By Natasha Phillips
A protest is taking place today in the village of Garmash in Kurdistan (Iran) to highlight the death of Donya Veisi, a seven-year-old girl who made headlines this week after Iranian officials...
British-Iranian R&B Artist Farrah Releases Hot Debut Track: Interview
By Natasha Phillips
British-Iranian singer Farrah Shekarchi-Khanghahi is making waves in the U.K. with her debut single, which offers a candid look at the music industry and her journey as an artist.
Going by the stage...
