Protests Flare Across Iran in Violent Unrest Over Woman’s Death
DUBAI, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Protests raged for a fourth straight day across Iran on Tuesday and authorities said three people had been killed during unrest over the death of a young woman in police custody.
The death last...
Iranian City Shops Shut After Strike Call, Judiciary Blames ‘Rioters’
DUBAI, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Iranian shops shut their doors in several cities on Monday, following calls for a three-day nationwide general strike from protesters seeking the fall of clerical rulers, with the head of the judiciary...
Immigration Officers Arrest Iranian Asylum-Seekers in Los Angeles
By Sandra Stojanovic
LOS ANGELES, June 26 (Reuters) - Pastor Ara Torosian received a distressed phone call from two Iranian members of his Farsi-speaking church on Tuesday -- U.S. federal immigration officers were at their Los Angeles home...
Iranians Protest Nationwide, Mark ‘Bloody Friday’
DUBAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Thousands of Iranians protested in the restive southeast on Friday to mark a Sept. 30 crackdown by security forces known as "Bloody Friday" as the country's clerical rulers battled persistent...
Iran Arrests ‘Agent’ of London-Based Opposition TV Channel -Fars
DUBAI, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Iranian security forces have arrested an employee of an opposition television broadcaster, Iran International, as the individual was trying to flee the country, its semi-official Fars news agency said on Thursday.
On Tuesday, Iran's intelligence minister, Esmail Khatib, called the...
Interview: Head of Berlin Refugee Center Predicts Influx of Iranians
By Azadeh Karimi
Since 2015, an increasing number of asylum seekers and economic migrants, mostly from Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East and Africa, have arrived in Europe. This influx of people, who have been...
Boxing and Bodybuilding Are Unsuitable for Iranian Women, Official Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Boxing, powerlifting, and training at a zourkhaneh (house of strength) are not appropriate sports and gym workouts for women, Iran's Deputy Minister of Sport and Youth Mahin Farhadizadeh has said.
In comments...
Iran Completes Facility to Build Centrifuges – Nuclear Chief
DUBAI, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Iran has completed a facility to build advanced centrifuges, Iran's nuclear chief was quoted on Sunday as saying, as Tehran prepares to increase its uranium-enrichment capacity if the nuclear...
Iran Ramps up Arrests of Foreign Nationals Amid Political Tensions With the West
By Natasha Phillips
Human rights organisation Amnesty International said it had “mounting evidence” that Iran’s government had engaged in hostage taking through its detention of Iranian-Swedish researcher Ahmadreza Djalali. Amnesty International made the comment in a May...
Huawei CFO Bail Hearing to Resume in Canada as Beijing Piles Pressure
By Anna Mehler Paperny
TORONTO, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The CFO of Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is set to be back in a Canadian courtroom on Monday, fighting for her freedom with...
