Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Arrest UK-Iranian Dual Nationals Over Protests

DUBAI, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Iran’s Revolutionary Guards arrested seven people on Sunday, including dual nationals linked to the United Kingdom, over anti-government protests that have rocked the country, according to a statement published by state media. "Seven...

Iran Top Court Accepts Rapper Yasin’s Appeal Against Death Sentence

Dec 24 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Court has accepted an appeal by rapper Saman Seydi Yasin against his death sentence even as it confirmed the same sentence against another protester, the judiciary said on Saturday. Yasin, a Kurd who raps about...

Prominent Sunni Cleric Denounces Iran Crackdown, Currency Near Record Low

DUBAI, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Iran's currency hovered near a historic low against the U.S. dollar on the unofficial foreign exchange market on Friday amid renewed street protests in the restive southeast, where a prominent dissident...

Germany Suspends Measures To Promote Business With Iran

BERLIN, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Germany's government is suspending state measures designed to foster business with Iran due to the repression of nationwide protests in the Islamic Republic, the economy ministry said on Friday. The suspension will affect export credits and...

YEARENDER-Iran’s Clerical Leaders To Grapple With Deepening Dissent in 2023

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Nationwide protests sparked by the death in custody of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini have ushered Iran into a new era of deepening crisis between the clerical leadership and society at large. Amini's...

U.S. Slaps Sanctions on Iran Officials Over Protest Crackdown

By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on Iranian officials on Wednesday, including the prosecutor general and key military officials, stepping up pressure on Tehran over its crackdown on protests. The move is...

At Least 39 Protesters in Iran Risk Execution; UN Launches Investigation 

By Natasha Phillips The United Nations Human Rights Council announced the members of its fact-finding mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran on Dec. 20, a mission set up to investigate the Iranian government’s handling of anti-regime...

Why Iran’s Regime Is Cracking Down On Celebrities Now

Angered by the world's reactions to its brutal crackdown on weeks of mass protests, Iran's clerical regime has turned on both prominent and less prominent voices and faces in the arts and sports, to...

EU Tells Iran To Halt Repression, Support for Russia

DEAD SEA, Jordan, Dec 20 (Reuters) - The EU foreign policy chief told Iran's foreign minister that Tehran should immediately halt military support for Russia and its repression of protesters at home, reflecting diplomatic tensions with efforts to revive...

Iran Officials Arrest Five Athletes for Alleged Bomb Plot at Shah Cheragh Shrine

By Kayhan Life staff The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organization has arrested five athletes in Shiraz, the capital of the southwestern province of Fars, for allegedly planning to detonate a bomb on Oct....