Iran’s Government Installs Cameras in Public Sites To Identify Unveiled Women -Police Statement
April 8 (Reuters) - In a further attempt to rein in the increasing number of women defying Iran's compulsory dress code, authorities are installing cameras in public places and thoroughfares to identify and penalise unveiled women, the police...
Iran Pardons Thousands of Prisoners; Journalists Remain in Jail
By Kayhan Life Staff
In February, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pardoned or approved reduced sentences for some 88,000 prisoners, including dissidents and others arrested during the recent nationwide protests sparked by the September...
Iran’s Judiciary Chief Threatens To Prosecute ‘Without Mercy’ Unveiled Women
April 1 (Reuters) - Faced with an increasing number of women defying the compulsory dress code, Iran’s judiciary chief has threatened to prosecute "without mercy" women who appear in public unveiled, Iranian media reported on Saturday.
Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei’s...
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...
INTERVIEW: Hunger-Striking Iranian Rights Activist Vahid Beheshti Urges UK Action
By Ahmad Rafat
Vahid Beheshti, a journalist and human rights activist, has been on a hunger strike outside the British Foreign Office in London since Feb. 23 in an effort to urge the British government...
Calm Down: How a Nigerian Singer and a Cameroonian Dancer Inspired a Powerful Protest...
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EU Imposes Further Sanctions on Iran for Human Rights Violations
BRUSSELS, March 20 (Reuters) - The European Union on Monday imposed a new package of sanctions against Iran, its sixth, in response to human rights violations, adding eight individuals and one entity to its list.
"In particular, the Council is...
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...
Iran Regime Violations May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity – UN Expert
By Emma Farge
GENEVA, March 20 (Reuters) - Iran's authorities have committed violations in recent months that may amount to crimes against humanity, a U.N.-appointed expert told the Human Rights Council on Monday, citing cases of murder,...
Iran Court Sentences Two to Death Over Deadly Shrine Attack
DUBAI, March 18 (Reuters) - An Iranian court has handed out death sentences to two men over an attack on a Shi'ite shrine in Iran that killed 15 people in October and was claimed by the...
