YEARENDER-Iran’s Clerical Leaders To Grapple With Deepening Dissent in 2023
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Nationwide protests sparked by the death in custody of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini have ushered Iran into a new era of deepening crisis between the clerical leadership and society at large.
Amini's...
Dissident Iranian Poet Dies After Catching COVID in Prison Twice
DUBAI, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Dissident Iranian poet and filmmaker Baktash Abtin has died of COVID-19 in a hospital in the capital Tehran after being released on a furlough from prison where he was infected...
ANALYSIS: How Iran Treats Women
Oct 6 (Reuters) - The Nobel Peace Prize for jailed activist Narges Mohammadi has heightened scrutiny on women's rights in Iran.
Tehran rejects accusations of discrimination, but these are some of the ways it treats women, according to 2021 and 2023 reports...
US Sanctions Iranian Operatives It Says Are Involved in Overseas Assassination Plots
WASHINGTON, June 1 (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on members and affiliates of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard and its external operations arm whom Washington accused of participating in terrorist plots targeting former U.S....
Soccer-Iranian World Cup Squad Declines to Sing National Anthem, Backing Protests
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Iran's World Cup soccer team declined to sing their national anthem before their opening match against England on Monday after many fans back home accused the squad of siding...
Iranian Human Rights Lawyers Criticise Clerical Leaders Amid Unrest
DUBAI, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Forty prominent Iranian human rights lawyers have publicly criticised the country's clerical rulers, saying they will fall because protesters across the country are no longer afraid of violent crackdowns.
"The government is still...
Iran’s Government Rejects U.N. Investigation Into Protests – Spokesperson
By Elwely Elwelly
DUBAI, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Iran will reject a newly-appointed independent U.N. investigation into the country's repression of anti-government protests, the foreign ministry said on Monday, as demonstrations showed no sign of abating.
"Iran will...
Iranian Woman Whose Death Led to Mass Protests Was Shy and Avoided Politics
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Sept 28 (Reuters) - The young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, whose death in police custody triggered nationwide protests, was a shy, reserved resident of a small town who never challenged the country's clerical rulers...
Germany and EU Members Plan Iran Sanctions Over Protests Clampdown – Spiegel
BERLIN, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Germany, France, Denmark, Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic have submitted proposals for new European Union sanctions against Iran for suppressing protests over women's rights, Spiegel magazine reported on Monday, citing sources.
The proposed...
Iranian Health Professionals Are Migrating In Droves, Former Lawmaker Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Avaz Heidarpour, an anesthetist and a former member of the Majlis (Iranian Parliament), has warned that 10,000 healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses, midwives) are seeking employment in foreign countries annually.
“The number of...
