Iran’s Judiciary Says 40 Foreigners Arrested for Involvement in Protests
DUBAI, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Iran, which has blamed "foreign adversaries" for protests sparked by the death of a woman in morality police custody, said on Tuesday 40 foreign nationals had been arrested for their role...
EXCLUSIVE – United States to Put United Nations Focus on Iran Protests
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The United States will next week put the United Nations spotlight on protests in Iran sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody and look for ways...
Tehran Beggars Are Part of a Crime Gang, Social Activist Says
All panhandlers and vagrants in the Iranian capital have no choice but to be part of a vast criminal enterprise known as the “Greater Tehran Beggars Mob” (GTT in Persian), according to Majid Abhari,...
Film Star Cate Blanchett Backs Drive to End Plight of 10 Mln Stateless
By Emma Batha
LONDON, Oct 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Film star Cate Blanchett will back a global campaign on Monday to end the plight of an estimated 10 million people with no nationality amid...
Footage of Iranian Schoolchildren Dancing to Pop Song Sparks Controversy
The chairman of Iran's Council of Religious Committees, Nowshad Nowshadi, has called for the impeachment of Minister of Education Mohammad Bathaei and the creation of ethical committees in elementary and high schools.
Mr. Nowshadi’s actions...
Iran Denies Whitewashing Russian History in High School Textbooks
By Azadeh Karimi
Reports by several online news outlets on the deliberate removal of historical accounts of Russian military operations during the Russo-Persian War (1804-1813) from a revised version of a high school Persian literature...
Journalist Sadegh Gheisari Sentenced to Jail, Flogging
The Iranian journalist and social activist Sadegh Gheisari has been sentenced to 7 years in jail, 74 lashes and a two-year travel ban. The ruling by Abolghasem Salavati, the head of Branch 15 of...
Iran’s Government Executes Four Including Woman Accused of Links to Israel’s Mossad
Dec 29 (Reuters) - Iran executed on Friday four people, including a woman, whom it accused of being "saboteurs" with links to Israel's Mossad intelligence service, the Mizan news agency affiliated to the judiciary said.
The executions took...
Iran Arrests Human Rights Activist Farideh Moradkhani, Niece of Khamenei
By Kayhan Life Staff
Farideh Moradkhani, a human rights activist and the niece of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (his sister’s daughter), was arrested on Jan. 13, according to human rights organizations.
Ms. Moradkhani, the...
Iran’s Judiciary Rules Out Swap for Condemned Iranian-Swedish Man
DUBAI, May 10 (Reuters) - Ahmadreza Djalali, a Swedish-Iranian disaster medicine researcher arrested by Iran, will be executed without a possibility of exchange with an Iranian national tried in Sweden, Iran's judiciary spokesperson said on Tuesday.
"Djalali...
