Iranian Teenager Armita Geravand Dies After Alleged Confrontation
Oct 28 (Reuters) - Armita Geravand, a 16-year-old Iranian girl, has died following an alleged encounter with officers over violating the country's hijab law, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.
"Unfortunately, she went into a coma...
U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Two Iranian Judges for ‘Oppression’
WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The United States has imposed sanctions on two Iranian judges whom it accuses of having punished Iranian citizens and dual nationals for exercising their freedoms of speech and assembly, the U.S....
Khamenei Says Western Enemies Stoking Anti-hijab Protests
DUBAI, July 27 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused Western adversaries on Wednesday of being behind a movement among Iranian women activists to challenge the government's obligatory Islamic dress code.
On July 12, Iranian rights activists...
Angelina Jolie and Dua Lipa Express Support for Iranian Protesters
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Putting Kurds in Spotlight, Iran’s Leaders Try to Deflect National Protest
By Parisa Hafezi and Daren Butler
DUBAI, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Facing their biggest challenge in years, Iran's religious leaders are trying to portray the angry protests over the death of Mahsa Amini as a breakaway uprising by...
UK Court Postponement Complicates Release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Husband Says
By Natasha Phillips
A British court has postponed hearings due to take place in April on the $550 million that the U.K. owes Iran, potentially complicating the release of the detained British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
The High...
Iranian Families Pushed Below Poverty Line By Low National Minimum Wage
By Reza Hamidi
A recent report by the United Nations International Labor Organization (ILO) ranks Iran as having one of the lowest national minimum wages in the region.
Data shows that the annual minimum wage is...
British-Iranian Aid Worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe Temporarily Released From Iran Jail -Husband
LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) - Jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been temporarily released in Iran for two weeks, her husband said on Tuesday.
Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 40, a project manager with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was arrested...
U.S. Doesn’t Want to Harm Friends, Allies with Iran Sanctions -Bolton
WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said on Wednesday the Trump administration wants sanctions on Iran's crude exports to strain Tehran, but does not want to harm countries that...
Iran’s Guards Warn Cleric Over ‘Agitating’ in Restive Southeast
DUBAI, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards accused a Sunni cleric of agitating against the Islamic Republic and warned it may cost him dearly after he said officials including the supreme leader were responsible for...
