Britain Sanctions Iranian Revolutionary Guard Commanders
LONDON, April 24 (Reuters) - Britain, in coordination with the United States and European Union, on Monday announced further sanctions on Iranian officials, including members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, it said were responsible for human...
Pro-Monarchy Iranian Campaigner Faces Jail, Says Human Rights Group
By Natasha Phillips
Shakila Monfared, an Iranian activist advocating for monarchy in Iran, has been sentenced to seven years and seven months in prison as well as 10 lashes, according to the Washington-based Abdorrahman Boroumand...
French President Macron: Iran’s Latest Execution Is Heinous and Barbaric Act
PARIS, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The execution of British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari is a heinous and barbaric act, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday.
Macron said he stood in solidarity with Britain which has condemned the execution, which defied British...
Iran’s Regime Carries Out Second Execution Linked to Wave of Popular Protests
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Iran hanged a man in public on Monday who had been convicted of killing two members of the security forces, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported, in the...
Iran Protests Over Young Woman’s Death Continue, 83 Said Killed
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Protests continued in several cities across Iran on Thursday against the death of young woman in police custody, state and social media reported, as a human rights group said...
Sexual Abuse of Boys Highlighted in Documentary on Iran
By Natasha Phillips
A new documentary titled “Can I hug you?” by the awardwinning director Elahe Esmaili and her husband Hossein Behboudirad — who produced the film — aims to highlight the sexual abuse of...
Exhibition of Iranian Protest Art Opens in DC, Hosted by NUFDI
By Katty Biglari
“Iran Rising,” an exhibition of Iranian protest art curated by an all-woman team of Iranian-American designers, artists and architects opened in Washington on Saturday Nov. 19, and will run through Nov. 22.
The...
Former Iran Security Officials Testify at London Human Rights Tribunal
By Natasha Phillips
The Aban Tribunal — a five-day hearing in London launched by human rights groups to investigate the alleged involvement of top officials in Iran in crimes committed during the November 2019 protests —...
British Lawmaker Lord Polak Urges UK to Proscribe IRGC
By Kayhan Life Staff
Lord Stuart Polak, CBE has been the Director of the Conservative Friends of Israel -- a group that aims to support Israel and promote Conservatism in the UK -- for more...
Iran Prison Fire Death Toll Rises as Protests Rage
DUBAI, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Eight prisoners died as a result of a fire at Tehran's Evin prison over the weekend, Iran's judiciary said on Monday, doubling the death toll from the blaze which has increased pressure...
