Pope Condemns Iran Government’s Use of Death Penalty Against Protesters
By Philip Pullella
VATICAN CITY, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Pope Francis condemned Iran's execution of protesters for the first time on Monday in his traditional New Year's address to diplomats, and said the war in Ukraine was...
Iran Pardons Journalists Who Reported Woman’s Death That Triggered Unrest
DUBAI, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Iran's top judicial authority has pardoned two journalists who uncovered the death of a young woman in police custody that triggered nationwide protests in 2022, the judiciary's news outlet Mizan said on Tuesday.
Niloofar...
Iran Protests Spread, Death Toll Rises as Internet Curbed
DUBAI, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Iranian authorities and a Kurdish rights group reported rising death tolls on Wednesday as anger at the death of a woman detained by the morality police fuelled protests for a fifth...
Canada Imposes New Sanctions Against Iran’s Government Over Protests, Drones
OTTAWA, March 27 (Reuters) - The Canadian government said on Monday it was targeting two entities and eight individuals as part of new sanctions against Iran over human rights violations and production of drones and ballistic missiles.
Canada's latest...
Nobel Peace Prize Body Urges Iran to Give Laureate Mohammadi Medical Help
HELSINKI, Nov 6 (Reuters) - The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Monday urged Iranian authorities to give medical help to this year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi.
Mohammadi went on hunger strike in prison on Monday, according to...
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...
U.S. to No Longer Waive Sanctions on Iranian Nuclear Site, Watching Iran’s Protests -Pompeo
By Daphne Psaledakis
WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday it will no longer waive sanctions related to Iran's Fordow nuclear plant after Tehran resumed uranium enrichment at the underground site.
"The right...
Iran Executions Amount to ‘State Sanctioned Killing’: UN Rights Chief
GENEVA, Jan 10 (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights chief said that the death penalty was being weaponised by Iran's government to strike fear into the population and stamp out dissent, saying the executions amounted to...
UK Foreign Minister Cleverly Says Akbari Was ‘Lured Back’ to Iran
LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Britain's foreign minister James Cleverly said on Monday that Alireza Akbari, a British-Iranian national who was executed by Iran on Saturday, was "lured back" to the country three years ago before facing an arbitrary legal...
Canada Needs to Act Now in Support of the People of Iran
Request to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the leaders of the Federal Political Parties
To: The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada CC: Hon. Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Official Opposition
CC: Hon. Jagmeet...
