Female Politicians Fail To Defend Rights Of Women Prisoners
Human rights groups continue their efforts to determine the fate of girls and women who were arrested during nationwide protests in December, including Vida Movahed, nicknamed “the girl on Enqelab Street,” a 31-year old...
Students Rally as Iran Protests Enter Third Week
DUBAI, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Students rallied at universities across Iran on Saturday and strikes were reported throughout the country's Kurdish region, as demonstrations ignited by the death of a woman in police custody entered their third week.
The...
EU Condemns Death Sentences for Two Women in Iran
BRUSSELS, Sept 13 (Reuters) - The European Union on Tuesday condemned the death sentences imposed by Iran on two women, Elham Chubdar and Zahra Sedighi Hamedani, who advocates and human rights groups say are LGBT activists and innocent...
One in Three Iranians Treated for Drug Addiction, Expert Says
By Firouzeh Ramezanzadeh
One in every three Iranians receives treatment for drug addiction, according to Hamidreza Sarami, the managing director of the Research and Education Department of the Iran Drug Control Headquarters. There are almost...
Iran’s Women React to Roe v Wade as Abortion Restrictions Escalate
By Natasha Phillips
Women in Iran have expressed sympathy for their fellow women in the US after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a landmark case which protected a woman’s right to an abortion.
Since the ruling was...
Pro-Monarchy Iranian Campaigner Faces Jail, Says Human Rights Group
By Natasha Phillips
Shakila Monfared, an Iranian activist advocating for monarchy in Iran, has been sentenced to seven years and seven months in prison as well as 10 lashes, according to the Washington-based Abdorrahman Boroumand...
UK Enforcing of Iran Nuclear Deal Does Not Preclude Pressure on Human Rights, Expert...
By Natasha Phillips
The British government should not seek to implement the nuclear deal with Iran at the expense of future human rights sanctions it may consider placing on Iranian officials, Emil Dall, a research...
Many Underage Children Are Street Peddlers in Iran, Official Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Some 70,000 underage children are working as street traders and peddlers in Iran, the deputy director of the State Welfare Organization (SWO) Habibollah Massoudi-Farid has said, citing a recent study by...
Iran’s Regime Holds First Execution Over Anti-Government Protests
DUBAI, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Iran hanged a man on Thursday convicted of injuring a security guard with a knife and blocking a street in Tehran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency said, the first such execution...
Iran’s Environmentalists Oppose Plan to Take Caspian Seawater to Salty Lowlands
Kayhan London: More than 40 conservationist groups have written to President Hassan Rouhani demanding an immediate stop to a plan to transport water from the Caspian Sea to Dasht-e Kavir (also known as the...
