Monday, November 25, 2024

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...

Iran Sentences Three More Protesters to Death amid International Criticism

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Iran's judiciary has sentenced three more anti-government protesters to death on charges of "waging war on God", its Mizan news agency reported on Monday, defying growing international criticism over...

Germany Wants to Up Pressure on Tehran After Latest Executions: Spokesperson

BERLIN, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Germany on Monday condemned Iran for using the death penalty against demonstrators, and a government spokesperson said Berlin wanted to crank up pressure on the Iranian authorities with new international measures. Iran hanged two men on Saturday...

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...

Meta’s Oversight Board Tells Company to Allow ‘Death to Khamenei’ Posts

By Katie Paul Jan 9 (Reuters) - Meta's META.O Oversight Board on Monday overturned the company's decision to remove a Facebook post that used the slogan "death to Khamenei" to criticize the Iranian leader, saying it did not violate a...

Netherlands Summons Iranian Ambassador Again over Executions

AMSTERDAM, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The Dutch government will summon the Iranian ambassador to the Netherlands for the second time in a month to voice its deep concerns over the execution of demonstrators, Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra...

Britain Says Iran’s Execution of Two Protesters Is ‘Abhorrent’

LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - British foreign minister James Cleverly on Saturday condemned Iran's execution of two protesters and urged it to "immediately end the violence against its own people". "The execution of Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyed...

Iran’s Government Hangs Two Men Accused of Killing Security Official During Protests

Jan 7 (Reuters) - Iran hanged two men on Saturday for allegedly killing a security official during nationwide protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16. The two men executed...

Top Iranian Sunni Cleric Says Torture of Protesters Un-islamic

DUBAI, Jan 6 (Reuters) - A top dissident Iranian Sunni cleric on Friday denounced as un-Islamic Iran's alleged use of forced confessions to convict detained protesters, as weekly demonstrations continued in the county's southeast. https://twitter.com/drninaansary/status/1611407849573486592 https://twitter.com/HRANA_English/status/1611345999166832642 https://twitter.com/AlinejadMasih/status/1608890662598111232 Meanwhile, the authorities' crackdown following...

No Lessons to Take from Iran over Press, Judicial Freedoms – France

PARIS, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Iran should look at what is going on at home before criticising France, Foreign Minster Catherine Colonna said on Thursday after Paris' envoy in Tehran was summoned over cartoons published by the French...