Monday, May 6, 2024

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...

ANALYSIS: What Are US Troops Doing in the Middle East and Where Are They?

WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The United States launched airstrikes on Iraqi and Syrian targets linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard and the militias Tehran backs, following an attack on one of the many sites across the Middle East where the...

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...

Press Release: Iran Film Festival Highlighting Women’s Rights Comes to London

London, New York and San Francisco Present "We Are One #iran Short Film Festival" Highlighting Iran's Women's Rights Advocacy London, November 29, 2023 New York City, December 7, 2023 San Francisco, December 10, 2023 London, New York, and...

Iran: Between Past & Future – Simon Wiesenthal Center to Host Reza Pahlavi, Crown...

January 29, 2024 Event to be held on Tuesday, January 29, 2024, at 7:00 PM PST at the Simon Wiesenthal Center-Museum of Tolerance. For immediate release Against the backdrop of the recent killing of US soldiers by Iranian proxies,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...