VIDEO – Keep Fighting For Iran
In support of #IranRevolution #IranProtests a video by content creator and advertising executive @wolfderekehrhardt (on Instagram), with narration by journalist @rawsofresh (on Instagram).
“If they would let us go out on the streets for just...
Images of Emaciated Iranian Doctor on Hunger Strike Prompt Outrage
Feb 3 (Reuters) - Social media images purported to be of an emaciated jailed Iranian dissident on hunger strikehave caused outrage online as supporters warned on Friday he risks death for protesting the compulsory wearing of the hijab.
Farhad...
Nobel Laureate Ebadi Says Iran’s ‘Revolutionary Process’ Is Irreversible
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi said the death in custody of a young Iranian Kurdish woman last year has sparked an irreversible "revolutionary process" that would eventually...
Iranian Film Director Jafar Panahi Starts Hunger Strike in Prison – Rights Group
DUBAI, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Iranian film director Jafar Panahi has started a hunger strike in prison to protest against authorities' refusal to release him temporarily on bail pending retrial, the activist HRANA news agency reported...
Israel to Chad: Need to Curb Iran, Hezbollah Clout in Sahel
By Dan Williams
JERUSALEM, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Chadian President Mahamat Deby, in Israel to open an embassy on Thursday, heard his hosts' concern about what they described as the clout of their arch-foes Iran and Hezbollah in Africa's...
Iran’s Government Blames Israel for Isfahan Drone Attack, Vows Revenge -ISNA
DUBAI, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Iran blamed Israel for a drone attack on a military factory near the central city of Isfahan, the semi-official ISNA news agency said on Thursday, vowing revenge for what appeared to...
IAEA Chides Iran for Undeclared Change to Fordow Uranium Enrichment Setup
By Francois Murphy
VIENNA, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog criticised Iran on Wednesday for making an undeclared change to the interconnection between the two clusters of advanced machines enriching uranium to up to 60% purity, close to weapons grade, at...
Iranian Blogger Couple Sentenced to Prison on Security Charges
DUBAI, Feb 1 (Reuters) - An Iranian couple who appeared in a video dancing romantically have been jailed for 10-1/2 years each on charges of indecency and threatening national security, the activist HRANA news agency said, though...
Young Iranian Protesters Are Tortured, Risk Execution, Amnesty International Says
By Natasha Phillips
Young protesters detained in Iran were tortured in prison, and are at imminent risk of execution, according to a Jan. 27 report by human rights watchdog Amnesty International.
Arshia Takdastan, 18, Mehdi Mohammadifard,...
U.S. Curbs Exports to Iranian Firms for Producing Drones for Russia
By Karen Freifeld and Mike Stone
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday added seven Iranian entities to its trade blacklist for producing drones that Russia has used to attack Ukraine, according a posting by the...
