Islamic Republic Faces Powerful New Wave of Protests, Labor Strikes
By Ahmad Rafat
A new wave of protests and strikes by various trade unions and guilds has spread throughout Iran in the past few weeks. This wave differs in many important respects from the demonstrations...
Children of Iran Nobel Peace Prize Winner Fear They Won’t See Her Again
STORY/REUTERS: Narges Mohammadi, 51, who is serving multiple sentences in Tehran's notorious Evin prison on charges including spreading propaganda, won the award on Oct. 6 in a rebuke to Tehran's theocratic leaders, prompting the...
US Sanctions Iranian Officers Accused of Targeting of u.s. Officials
WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The United States issued fresh human rights-related sanctions on Friday targeting individuals in multiple countries, according to a post on a the U.S. Department of Treasury website.
The new sanctions target Chinese, Iranian...
Islamic Republic Enables ‘Large Scale Gender Apartheid,’ Says UN Special Rapporteur on Iran
By Natasha Phillips
“Large-scale gender apartheid is being permitted” in Iran, where acts of gender-based violence are being committed, according to Javaid Rehman, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran. He made the...
Jailed Nobel Winner Mohammadi to Continue Protests, She Says in Smuggled Letter
STOCKHOLM, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi will continue her fight for human rights even if it leads to her death, she said in a letter smuggled out from prison and published on...
Iranian Rapper Toomaj Salehi Arrested Again
DUBAI, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who had been previously detained for showing support to anti-government protests and was released on bail earlier this month, was arrested again, Iran's state media reported on Thursday.
"Salehi...
Islamic Republic Detains High-Risk Adversaries, Frees Others, Says Roya Boroumand
By Natasha Phillips
The Islamic Republic has developed a policy to manage political prisoners and is detaining or releasing them based on the degree of risk that they pose to the regime, according to Roya...
Detained Iranian Rapper Toomaj Salehi Released on Bail After Year in Jail
DUBAI, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who has been detained since his arrest last year for showing support to anti-government protests, was released on bail from Isfahan prison, Iranian human rights group Hengaw said...
Women’s Activism in Iran Continues, Despite Street Protests Dying Down in Face of State...
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
By Mona Tajali
Large-scale protests that erupted in 2022 across Iran, centering on women’s rights, captured the world’s attention.
Iranians peacefully protested in the streets of places ranging from Tehran to small towns across the...
Iran Is Part of ‘New Axis of Totalitarian States,’ Says UK Lawmaker
By Natasha Phillips
Authoritarian states outnumber democracies in the world today, and Iran is part of a new totalitarian axis, said Ian Duncan Smith, a U.K. Conservative Party lawmaker who previously led the party and...
