Tuesday, November 26, 2024

COMMENTARY: Iran’s Future Will Be Brighter Than Its Past

By Princess Noor Pahlavi On this, the 100th day of its national revolution, I am newly inspired and amazed by the continuity, growth, and unity of the Iranian people’s movement to reclaim and rebuild Iran. I...

Iranian Chess Player Appears at Kazakhstan Tournament Without Hijab for Second Day -Reuters Witness

ALMATY, Dec 28 (Reuters) - An Iranian chess player on Wednesday took part in an international tournament in Kazakhstan without a hijab for the second day running, according to a Reuters journalist present. A Reuters witness at the...

Britain Urges Iran To Stop ‘Unfairly Detaining’ Dual Nationals

LONDON, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Britain urged Iran on Wednesday to stop detaining dual nationals following the arrest of seven people with links to the United Kingdom, saying the practice should not be used to obtain "diplomatic leverage". Iran’s Revolutionary Guards arrested the...

Italy Urges Iran To Stop Executions and Open Dialogue With Protesters

ROME, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Iran must stop executing and persecuting protesters and should open a dialogue with them, Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday after summoning the Iranian ambassador. Tajani said death sentences against people who...

Iranian Woman Competes at Chess Tournament Without Hijab- Media Reports

DUBAI, Dec 27 (Reuters) - An Iranian chess player has taken part in an international tournament without a hijab, according to media reports, the latest of several Iranian sportswomen to appear at competitions without one since anti-government protests...

Iran’s Government Penalizes Medical Professionals for Supporting ‘National Uprising’

By Firouzeh Nordstrom A wave of nationwide protests in Iran sparked by the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who died while in the custody of the morality police on Sept. 16....

COMMENTARY: Never Has the Iranian Diaspora Seemed So United and Hopeful

By Cyrus Kadivar When I published my memoir Farewell Shiraz in the autumn of 2017, my readers seemed to relate to the glamorous world described on its pages, violently destroyed by a revolution led by...

Iranian Protesters Are Tortured, Raped and Killed in Prison, Rights Group Says 

By Kayhan Life Staff According to human rights groups, many people arrested since the start of nationwide protests in Iran more than three months ago have suffered physical, sexual, and psychological torture while in detention. The...

Iran Reroutes Plane Carrying Soccer Star’s Wife, Blames UK Over Unrest

DUBAI, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Iranian authorities rerouted a flight bound for Dubai on Monday and prevented the wife and daughter of former national soccer team captain Ali Daei, who has supported anti-government protests, from leaving...

Elon Musk Says Around 100 Starlinks Now Active in Iran

Dec 26 (Reuters) - SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Monday that the company is now close to having 100 active Starlinks, the firm's satellite internet service, in Iran, three months after he tweeted he would...