Iran Hangs Swedish-Iranian It Convicted Over Attack That Killed 25 People
DUBAI, May 6 (Reuters) - Iran on Saturday executed a Swedish-Iranian dissident convicted of leading an Arab separatist group accused of attacks including one on a military parade in 2018 that killed 25 people, the Iranian judiciary said.
The...
Refugees From Iran, Syria, Iraq to Counter Government Appeal on Rwanda Migrant Plan
By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin
LONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Government lawyers will on Monday tell Britain's top court that it should overturn a ruling which declared unlawful a plan to deport migrants to Rwanda, one...
EU Sanctions 29 Iranians, Three Organisations Over Crackdown on Protests
By Sabine Siebold
BRUSSELS, Nov 14 (Reuters) - The European Union on Monday slapped additional sanctions on Iran, targeting 29 individuals and three organisations, in response to what it has condemned as Tehran's widespread use of...
Iran Says US Pullout from Nuclear Deal Threatens Regional Peace
VIENNA, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear deal struck between Iran and major powers is "doomed" to seriously affect peace and security in the Middle East, Iran's atomic chief said...
UK Must Push For Release of British-Iranian Mehran Raoof, Amnesty International Says
By Natasha Phillips
The British government must include the unjustly detained British-Iranian Mehran Raoof in its efforts to free other British-Iranians such as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori, Amnesty International has said.
Raoof, a 64-year-old labor...
Iran Executions Are Focus of Conference With Ebadi, Mehrangiz Kar
By Natasha Phillips
A 24-hour online conference highlighting the use of the death penalty in the Islamic Republic of Iran was hosted on Oct. 8 and Oct. 9 by the Oslo-based Iran Human Rights organization...
Tehran Grants Bail to British-Iranian Environmentalist on Security Charges – Lawyer
DUBAI, July 27 (Reuters) - Iran has granted bail to British-Iranian environmentalist Morad Tahbaz, who has been convicted of security offences, his lawyer was quoted as saying by the semi-official ILNA news agency on Wednesday.
The report came a...
Quarter of Iran’s Population Suffers from Mental Disorder
Kayhan London: Recent studies have shown that 26 percent of the country’s population suffers from mental illness, according to Deputy Minister of Health and Medical Education Dr. Hadi Ayazi.
Speaking at a medical seminar...
The Women’s Rights Movement in Iran: Interview with an Activist
By Ellahe Bograt
January 21, 2018 The genesis of the women’s movement in Iran can be traced back to the events that led to the Constitutional Revolution of Iran . As a result of those events,...
Iran’s Parliament to Debate Restricting Internet; International NGOs Protest
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Majlis (Iranian Parliament) has passed a draft bill on “Protecting Rights of Internet Users and Regulating Social Media Messaging Apps” and will now debate the bill in an open session...
