Call For Un Rights Chief To Prevent Execution of Iranian Boxer
GENEVA, July 20 (Reuters) - Dozens of rights activists as well as prominent lawyers and former prosecutors have written to the U.N. Human Rights chief urging him to intervene to try to prevent the execution of...
Iranian Youths Increasingly Use Hookah, Says Lung Specialist
Recent studies have shown that smoking and the use of tobacco products have risen significantly among young adults in Iran, according to Dr. Mohammad Reza Masjedi, the head of the Department of Pulmonary Medicine...
Families of 9/11 Victims Look to Seize Iran Assets in Britain
By Jonathan Saul and Parisa Hafezi
LONDON/ANKARA, Aug 1(Reuters) - An English court has cleared the way to consider whether it will allow the families of some of those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001...
No Turning Back for Iran’s Hijab Protesters Despite Crackdown – Activists
By Heba Kanso
BEIRUT, Jan 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women's rights defenders in Iran will continue their fight against the forced wearing of the hijab this year despite a "sinister crackdown" by authorities in 2018 in...
Concern Over Deteriorating Health of Imprisoned Majid Asadi
By Firoozeh Ramezanzadeh
November 10, 2017 Majid Asadi, an Allameh Tabataba’i University graduate with a degree in economics, was arrested on February 18 at his house in Karaj and taken to Tehran’s Evin Prison.
In a recently...
Jailed Iranian Activist Narges Mohammadi Is Accused of Spying for Saudi Arabia
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Iranian authorities have accused Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian human rights activist and vice president of the Tehran-based Defenders of Human Rights Center, of spying for Saudi Arabia, her husband Taghi...
Children with Autism Are Neglected in Iran, Health Official Says
By Zahra Azizi
Autism or ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) is a developmental disability that affects a person's perception of and interaction with the world. It is not an illness or a disease, but rather a...
Iranian Companies Can Trade with 50 Swiss-based Exporters, Official Says
By Reza Hamidi
Iranian companies will soon be able to buy food products, medicine, and medical equipment from a list of 50 Swiss-based exporters, using a payment channel approved by the U.S. Treasury Department, according...
Iran’s Nowruz Celebration: An Interview with Dr. Jessica Emami
By Nazenin Ansari
On Thursday, March 20, Iranians gathered at significant historical sites across the country to celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year, while also calling for the restoration of the monarchy. The crowds chanted...
Trial of British-Iranian Aid Worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe Postponed, UK Lawmaker Says
LONDON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - A trial of British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe scheduled for Sunday in Iran has been postponed, a British lawmaker said on Sunday, citing a conversation with Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband.
Member of parliament Tulip...
