Germany Summons Iranian Ambassador Again over Latest Executions
BERLIN, Jan 9 (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said she ordered the Iranian ambassador to be summoned once again on Monday to express condemnation of Iran's latest execution of protesters.
"A regime that murders its own youth...
US, UK, Canada Issue New Iran Sanctions
By Daphne Psaledakis and Rami Ayyub
WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The U.S., Britain and Canada on Friday imposed more sanctions on Iran ahead of the one-year anniversary of the death of Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini whilst in Iran's morality police custody, which sparked months of...
Iran Regime Says US, UK, Germany Express “Insincere Concern” Over Iranian Women
DUBAI, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Iran hit back at Western criticism of its treatment of women on Thursday amid reports by rights groups that a teenage girl was in critical condition in hospital and in a coma...
Wave of Poison Attacks on Schoolgirls Alarms Iranians
DUBAI, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Iranian girls in different schools have suffered "mild poison" attacks over recent months, the health minister said, with some politicians suggesting they could have been targeted by religious groups opposed to girls'...
UK Sanctions Iran’s Prosecutor General After Akbari Execution
LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - British foreign minister James Cleverly said on Saturday Britain had imposed sanctions on Iran's Prosecutor General after the execution of British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari.
"Sanctioning him today underlines our disgust at Alireza Akbari's...
A Survey by a US-Based Research Institute Shows Iranians Support Reza Pahlavi
By Kayhan Life Staff
In February 2023, the Empirical Research and Forecasting Institute (erf.i), a research center and think tank based in the United States, released the results of its second survey titled “Political Stance...
Biden Receives Letter from Jailed Iranian American -White House
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday it had received a letter to President Joe Biden from Siamak Namazi, an Iranian American imprisoned in Iran for more than seven years on spying charges, and called Iran's...
Iran Is Part of ‘New Axis of Totalitarian States,’ Says UK Lawmaker
By Natasha Phillips
Authoritarian states outnumber democracies in the world today, and Iran is part of a new totalitarian axis, said Ian Duncan Smith, a U.K. Conservative Party lawmaker who previously led the party and...
Call For Un Rights Chief To Prevent Execution of Iranian Boxer
GENEVA, July 20 (Reuters) - Dozens of rights activists as well as prominent lawyers and former prosecutors have written to the U.N. Human Rights chief urging him to intervene to try to prevent the execution of...
Iran’s Government Resorts to Security Cameras, Ostracism to Deter Unveiled Women
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, May 2 (Reuters) - Wary of re-igniting Iran's worst political turmoil in years, the country's rulers are resorting to new, less obtrusive tactics to punish women who refuse to wear the obligatory Islamic hijab.
The...
