Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Iran’s Women-Led Revolution Inspires Italian Cartoonist Gianluca Costantini 

By Ahmad Rafat Gianluca Costantini is a renowned Italian cartoonist, artist, and comic journalist whose recent works have focused on the ongoing protests in Iran, sparked by the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, a 22-year-old...

Iran Protests: UK’s Law Society Expresses Concern Over Detentions of Iranian Lawyers

By Natasha Phillips Britain's regulatory body for solicitors the Law Society, published a statement on Nov. 22 expressing concern about the ongoing detention and ill-treatment of lawyers in Iran. The statement follows an Oct. 18 press...

U.N. Rights Council Votes to Probe Iran’s Ongoing Crackdown

GENEVA/DUBAI, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The U.N. Rights Council voted on Thursday to appoint an independent investigation into Iran's deadly repression of protests, passing the motion to cheers of activists amid an intensifying crackdown in Kurdish...

UN Adopts Resolution To Investigate Iran Protests

By Natasha Phillips The United Nations Human Rights Council (OHCHR) approved a resolution calling for an independent investigation into nationwide protests in iran which are in their 10th week and have left more than 400 people dead. The resolution...

German Foreign Minister Drums up Support for UN Iran Probe Push

BERLIN, Nov 24 (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said in Geneva on Thursday that every vote counts as her country and Iceland led a motion for a new probe into alleged abuses in Iran since a...

UN Rights Chief: Full-Fledged Crisis Underway in Iran

GENEVA, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights chief on Thursday made a strong appeal to Iranian authorities to stop their "unnecessary and disproportionate" use of force against protesters in Iran in a speech to the Human Rights Council on...

Iran’s Government Forms Panel to Investigate Deaths Due to Protests, Minister Says

NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Iran has formed a panel under its interior ministry to investigate deaths due to recent protests, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Bagheri Kani told Indian broadcaster NDTV on Thursday. Bagheri Kani, who...

U.S. Sanctions Iranian Officials Amid Tehran’s Ongoing Crackdown on Protests

WASHINGTON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday targeted three Iranian security officials under human rights-related sanctions, the U.S. Treasury Department said, citing Tehran's ongoing crackdown on protesters in Kurdish-majority areas. The latest U.S. sanctions since...

Tehran Arrests British-Iranian Citizen for Communicating With Foreign-Based News Channels – State Media

DUBAI, Nov 23 (Reuters) - A British-Iranian citizen was arrested in Iran's Isfahan province on Wednesday for allegedly sharing information with foreign-based news channels, Iranian state media reported. "The Revolutionary Guards' Intelligence Organisation arrested a British-Iranian citizen who communicated...

Iran Protests Have Caused Deaths of Staggering Number of Children

By Kayhan Life Staff Nov. 20 marked World Children’s Day, established in 1954 as Universal Children’s Day “to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children’s welfare.” This year’s theme focused on “inclusion, for...