New French Envoy Seeks Release of Citizens in Talks With Iran’s Raisi
PARIS, Feb 9 (Reuters) - France's new envoy to Iran told President Ebrahim Raisi that Tehran had to immediately release seven French nationals detained in the country, the foreign ministry said after the envoy handed his credentials to...
Iran Releases Emaciated Dissident After Long Hunger Strike – Judiciary
DUBAI, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Iran on Friday released hunger-striking jailed dissident Farhad Meysami, the Iranian judiciary said, a week after supporters had warned that he risked dying for protesting against the compulsory wearing of the hijab.
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Britain Imposes Sanctions on Iranian Revolutionary Guard Officials
LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) - Britain on Monday sanctioned senior officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including those who it said were responsible for managing the group's financial investments.
Britain, along with the European Union...
Protests Break Out at Funeral of Iranian Woman Who Died After Morals Police Arrest
DUBAI, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Protests broke out in western Iran on Saturday at the funeral of a young woman who died after being detained by morality police enforcing strict hijab rules, and security forces used tear...
Iran Guards Detain Dual National for ‘Organising Unrest and Sabotage’
DUBAI, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Saturday detained a dual national suspected of "trying to organise unrest and sabotage", the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, amid heightened security to thwart planned protests a year...
Iranian Rights Activist Fatemeh Sepehri Leads Her Own Defense From Prison
By Kayhan Life Staff
Asghar Sepehri, the brother of imprisoned civil rights activist Fatemeh Sepehri, tweeted a letter on Feb. 15 with the headline “Fatemeh Sepehri’s defense from Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad .”
The tweet said:...
Iranian Political, Academic Personalities and Artists Issue Joint Statement in Support of People’s Protests...
Statement 1 – 27th September
In the Name of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” Revolution
The powerful and nationwide movement of the brave women and young people of Iran in protest against the murder of Zhina (Mahsa)...
Iran Exiled Opposition Figures in Talks To Unite Against Government
DUBAI, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Eight Iranian exiled dissident figures discussed ways of uniting a fragmented opposition on Friday, amid pro-government events marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution inside the country.
Iran was rocked by nationwide unrest...
OPINION: How We Became Activists to Free Our Parents from Tehran’s Evin Prison
By Elika Ashoori and Mariam Claren
On this Human Rights Day, we demand humanity and justice for our parents and for all those who are suffering wrongful imprisonment.
One only starts to miss a quiet,...
Tehran Sentences Former Deputy Minister with UK Nationality to Death for Spying
DUBAI, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Iran has sentenced a former deputy defence minister who holds dual Iranian-British citizenship to death on charges of spying for Britain, Iranian state media reported on Wednesday.
Britain described the death sentence on Alireza Akbari...
