Overnight Protests Rock Tehran, Other Iranian Cities, Online Videos Show
Feb 17 (Reuters) - Protests rocked Iran again overnight Thursday after seeming to have dwindled in recent weeks, with marchers calling for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic, online video posts purportedly showed on Friday.
The marches...
Iran’s Government Is Jailing and Torturing Doctors, Report Says
By Natasha Phillips
Iran’s security forces are torturing, jailing and killing doctors for treating injured anti-government protesters, according to a Feb. 10 report by the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). A physician in Iran interviewed by...
Iranian Chess Player in Exile Has No Regrets About Removing Hijab
By Elena Rodriguez
SOUTHERN SPAIN, Feb 15 (Reuters) - An Iranian chess player, who moved to Spain after she competed without a hijab and had an arrest warrant issued against her back home, has no regrets over her...
Labor Strikes in Iran Escalate, Marking 44th Anniversary of Islamic Revolution
By Kayhan Life Staff
The 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution’s victory on Feb. 11 is coinciding with an escalation of nationwide strikes by trade unions in Iran, demanding that employers and the government honor...
Germany Sees Increase in Iran Spying Since Protests – Welt Am Sonntag
BERLIN, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The German government has acknowledged an increase in spying by Iranian intelligence agents on exiled Iranians living in Germany since the start of mass protests last year, Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported on...
Iran Exiled Opposition Figures in Talks To Unite Against Government
DUBAI, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Eight Iranian exiled dissident figures discussed ways of uniting a fragmented opposition on Friday, amid pro-government events marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution inside the country.
Iran was rocked by nationwide unrest...
Iran Releases Emaciated Dissident After Long Hunger Strike – Judiciary
DUBAI, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Iran on Friday released hunger-striking jailed dissident Farhad Meysami, the Iranian judiciary said, a week after supporters had warned that he risked dying for protesting against the compulsory wearing of the hijab.
Images on...
New French Envoy Seeks Release of Citizens in Talks With Iran’s Raisi
PARIS, Feb 9 (Reuters) - France's new envoy to Iran told President Ebrahim Raisi that Tehran had to immediately release seven French nationals detained in the country, the foreign ministry said after the envoy handed his credentials to...
France’s President, Politicians, Artists Show Strong Support For Iranian Protest Movement
By Firouzeh Nabavi
Since the start of the nationwide protests that broke out in Iran in mid-September, France's president, politicians and artists have been among the most powerful defenders of the movement. Slogans in support...
