Friday, November 22, 2024

Persia Announces Ansari Scholarship Inaugural Recipients Marking Human Rights Day

London, 10 December 2022 – Persia’s Independent Panel of Scholars chose two outstanding Iranian women as inaugural recipients of its Ansari Scholarship for Human Rights & Public Service. Persia Educational Foundation established the Ansari Scholarship...
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Following Formal Launch of Scholarship, Persia Educational Foundation Welcomes 2022 With A Call for...

London (19 January 2022): To honour the life of one of its founders, Persia Educational Foundation formally launched the Abdolreza Ansari Scholarship on Human Rights Day, marking the first anniversary of his passing. The webinar...

Press Release: Baha’i Youths Arrested in Iran as the Month-Long Crackdown Total Hits 245

  The following is a press release issued by the Baha’i International Community. PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Baha'i youths arrested in Iran as the month-long crackdown total hits 245 For more information, please contact Padideh Sabeti Bahá’í...

Persia Educational Foundation & Film Buzz Host First Iranian Women Filmmakers Short Film Festival

  By Kayhan Life staff The first short film festival featuring Iranian women filmmakers, will take place at London’s Curzon Cinema from 23 to 24 June. The short films, made by women filmmakers in Iran, address underlying...

Press Release: Iranian Dissidents & Former Hostages Sue Ebrahim Raisi, To Hold NYC Press...

New York, NY - This week a group of plaintiffs including high-profile Iranian dissidents and former hostages from the West held in Iran are launching a federal civil case in the Southern District of...

UK Summons Top Iranian Diplomat Following Latest Executions

LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Britain's foreign minister James Cleverly summoned Iran’s most senior diplomat on Monday after Iranian authorities executed protestors Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini. "Today I have summoned the Iranian Chargé d’Affaires to condemn in...

Press Release: London-based Tribunal Hears Witness Testimonies of Use of Force and Torture, Invites...

    Organization: The Aban Tribunal  Five-Day International People’s Tribunal Heard Witness Testimonies of Use of Force and Torture, Invited Hundreds More to Testify 11/15/2021 The Iran Atrocities Tribunal, also known as the Aban Tribunal, has adjourned after five...

Iran’s Security Forces Out in Force a Year After Mahsa Amini’s Death

Sept 16 (Reuters) - Iranian security forces cracked down on protests in Kurdish areas of the country on Saturday and briefly detained the father of Mahsa Amini, a year after the young woman's death in custody...

EXCLUSIVE – U.S. Military Steps up Middle East Surveillance as Threats to Troops Grow

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. military is taking new steps to protect its troops in the Middle East as concerns mount about attacks by Iran-backed groups, and it is leaving open the possibility...

Iran Set to Regain UN Vote

SEOUL, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Iran is expected to regain its vote in the U.N. General Assembly after South Korea paid Tehran's delinquent dues to the world body with frozen Iranian funds in the...