Islamic Republic Says Eight Arrested for Suspected Links to Israel’s Mossad Spy Agency
(Reuters/KL) - The Islamic Republic of Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday they had arrested eight people suspected of trying to transmit the coordinates of sensitive sites and details about senior military figures to...
UN Human Rights Chief Fears Pushback on Gender Issues, Cites Iran Clampdown
By Cecile Mantovani
GENEVA, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The new U.N. human rights chief said on Wednesday there was a worrying pushback against progress in easing rights abuses, above all on gender issues, pointing to Iran's violent clampdown...
Iranian Women’s Fight for Their Rights: Interview with Author Manda Zand Ervin
By Nazenin Ansari
Manda Zand was born in Boroujerd, the capital of Lorestan, in the western Zagros mountains. She traces her paternal lineage to the Zand tribe, historically famous for its courageous women who fought...
Syrian Rebels, Iran Reach Deal to Evacuate Villages -Sources
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi
AMMAN, July 17 (Reuters) - Syrian rebels and Iranian-backed negotiators have reached a deal to evacuate thousands of people from two rebel-besieged Shi'ite villages in northwestern Syria in return for the release...
Google Removes Several Blogs, Youtube Accounts Linked to Iran
Aug 23 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Thursday it had identified and terminated 39 YouTube channels linked to state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.
Google has also removed 39 YouTube channels and six...
Iranian Football Fans Rush To Buy World Cup Tickets
January 25, 2018 The Random Selection Draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia tickets was held at Iran’s Football Federation headquarters on January 22.
“Tickets are sold for $105, $165 and $210. FIFA doesn’t...
Seven Thousand Iranians Survived Suicide Attempts in 2017, Official Says
Social emergency services prevented 7,000 people from death by suicide in 2017, according to Habibollah Massoudi Farid, the deputy director of Iran’s Welfare Organization in charge of social affairs.
A recent report by the Iranian...
UK Must Pay Iranian Debt Linked to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Detention, UK Lawmaker Says
By Natasha Phillips
A longstanding debt owed to Iran by the UK and linked to the unjust detention of British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe must be paid, Tulip Siddiq, a member of Britain’s parliament has said.
Siddiq made...
Venice Festival May Screen Jafar Panahi’s Documentary on Iran Flood Victims
A documentary film by the award-winning Iranian director Jafar Panahi and the veteran actress Pouri Banayi on the plight of people in the southern flood-stricken provinces of Khuzestan and Lorestan could be screened at...
Call For Un Rights Chief To Prevent Execution of Iranian Boxer
GENEVA, July 20 (Reuters) - Dozens of rights activists as well as prominent lawyers and former prosecutors have written to the U.N. Human Rights chief urging him to intervene to try to prevent the execution of...
