Iran Sees Surge in Executions, Child Detentions, Dissident Arrests
By Natasha Phillips
Iran’s government has executed at least 1,000 people since January, imprisoned dissidents and arrested and forcibly disappeared scores of children from minority groups following the 12-day war with Israel in June. The Islamic...
US Begins Deporting Hundreds of Iranians After Rare Deal with Tehran
By Andrew Mills and Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The first group of about 400 Iranians expected to be deported from the U.S. under President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown were due to land in Qatar on...
Iran Executes ‘One of Most Important Spies’ for Israel
DUBAI, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Iran executed a man named Bahman Choubi-asl on Monday, the judiciary's news outlet Mizan said, saying the defendant was "one of the most important spies for Israel in Iran".
Entangled in a...
France Drops World Court Case Against Iran over Detained Citizens
THE HAGUE, Sept 25 (Reuters) - France has dropped its case before the International Court of Justice against Iran for violating the right to consular protection of two French citizens who have been held in detention for over...
Female Prisoner Dies in Iran; Rights Groups Blame Delayed Medical Treatment
DUBAI, Sept 25 (Reuters) - A woman jailed in Iran over accusations she had links to a banned political group died in hospital on Thursday, 10 days after falling ill with seizures, and human rights groups...
Iranian Bahá’ís Are Being Targeted After Israel Attack, UK Official Says
By Natasha Phillips
Kumar Iyer, the U.K.’s Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization and the United Nations, has told the U.N.’s Human Rights Council that the Bahá’í community in Iran are among several minority...
Iranian Ex-Ambassador Nominated to UN Human Rights Committee Amid Protests
By Natasha Phillips
Afsaneh Nadipour, Tehran's former ambassador to Denmark, has been nominated to sit on the advisory committee of the United Nations Human Rights Council, drawing criticism from pro-democracy groups. While she was serving...
US Designates Four Iran-Aligned Militias as Terrorist Organizations
WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The Unites States designated four Iran-aligned militia groups as foreign terrorist organizations on Wednesday, the State Department said.
The groups are Harakat al-Nujaba, Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya and Kata’ib al-Imam Ali, the...
Iran Executes Man Accused of Spying for Israel
DUBAI, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Iran executed a man accused of spying for Israel, according to a report from state media on Wednesday that identified him as Babak Shahbazi.
Entangled in a decades-long shadow war with Israel,...
Iran Executes Man Involved in 2022 Uprising over Women’s Rights
Sept 6 (Reuters) - Islamic Republic in Iran on Saturday executed a man accused of killing a security officer during unrest sparked by the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, the judiciary’s Mizan website reported.
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