UK Minister Says ‘Outraged’ by News Iran’s Government Has Executed a Protester
LONDON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - British foreign minister James Cleverly said on Thursday he was "outraged" by the news that Iran had executed a protester over recent anti-government unrest.
"The world cannot turn a blind eye to the abhorrent...
Iran’s Regime Holds First Execution Over Anti-Government Protests
DUBAI, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Iran hanged a man on Thursday convicted of injuring a security guard with a knife and blocking a street in Tehran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency said, the first such execution...
ANALYSIS: Disbanding Morality Police Won’t Stop Iranians Urging Regime Change
By Ahmad Rafat
International media have reported extensively on recent ambiguous comments by Iran’s Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, suggesting that the country had disbanded its morality police (the Guidance patrol).
Mr. Montazeri made those comments...
Sister of Iran’s Supreme Leader Condemns His Rule, Urges Revolutionary Guards To Disarm –...
DUBAI, Dec 7 (Reuters) - A sister of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has condemned his crackdown on nationwide protests and called on the widely-feared Revolutionary Guards to lay down their weapons, according to...
Iran Arrests 12 People Linked to Overseas Agents – State Media
DUBAI, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Tuesday arrested 12 people accused of being linked to overseas agents and planning "subversive action", the elite force said in a statement, according to state media.
"The members...
Jailed Iranian Teacher Says He Was Chained to Hospital Bed For 12 Days
By Kayhan Life Staff
Authorities transferred Jafar Ebrahimi, an imprisoned Iranian teacher, to a hospital in Tehran on Nov. 15, where he was reportedly chained to a bed for 12 days while receiving medical care.
In...
ANALYSIS: Execution Is Islamic Republic’s Preferred Way to Silence Unrest
By Kayhan Life Staff
Execution of ordinary citizens, whose only crime is to demand their inalienable civic, legal, and human rights, has been the Islamic Republic’s method of choice to silence protests in the past...
Iranian City Shops Shut After Strike Call, Judiciary Blames ‘Rioters’
DUBAI, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Iranian shops shut their doors in several cities on Monday, following calls for a three-day nationwide general strike from protesters seeking the fall of clerical rulers, with the head of the judiciary...
Iran Protesters Call for Strike, Prosecutor Says Morality Police Shut Down
DUBAI, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Protesters in Iran called on Sunday for a three-day strike this week, stepping up pressure on authorities after the public prosecutor said the morality police whose detention of a young woman...
Iranian Security Body Says 200 People Lost Lives in Recent Protests
DUBAI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday hailed Iran's Islamic Republic as a guarantor of rights and freedoms, defending the ruling system amid a crackdown on anti-government protests that the United Nations says has...
