US Withdraws from Key UN Human Rights Report, Sparking Concerns Islamic Republic Will Follow...
By Andrew R.C. Marshall and Olivia Le Poidevin
LONDON/GENEVA Aug 28 (Reuters) - The United States will not participate in a U.N. review of its human rights record, officials said, a move that rights advocates called a...
Iran’s Judiciary Confirms Rapper Toomaj Salehi Death Sentence
DUBAI, April 25 (Reuters) - Iran's judiciary confirmed the death sentence of well-known Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi but added that he is entitled to a sentence reduction, state media reported on Thursday.
Salehi's lawyer Amir Raisian told...
Protests Break Out in Iran Over Schoolgirl Illnesses
DUBAI, March 4 (Reuters) - Worried parents protested in Iran's capital Tehran and other cities on Saturday over a wave of suspected poison attacks that have affected schoolgirls in dozens of schools, according to Iranian news agencies and...
Persia Foundation’s Director Discusses Integrating Iranian Immigrants in U.K.
By Peyvand Samavati
Tahirih Danesh, the executive director of the London-based charity Persia Educational Foundation, was the guest speaker at the Ferdowsi Education Institute’s monthly talk earlier this month.
The Persia Educational Foundation, established in 1997,...
Unprecedented Flooding Hits Iran, Forces Village Evacuations
GENEVA/LONDON, March 26 (Reuters) - Heavy flooding continued in Iran on Tuesday as many provinces geared up for days of waterlogged misery and authorities warned of possible floods in the capital Tehran as well the oil-rich...
Tehran Fountains Turn Red in Wake of Mahsa Amini Protests
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Public fountains of the Iranian capital were coloured red on Friday (October 7), as artists used the public spaces to draw attention to the protests that erupted following the death of Mahsa Amini.
The fountains appear...
UK Raised Concerns with Iran over Detained Dual Nationals – Statement
LONDON, Sept 11 (Reuters) - British foreign minister Dominic Raab raised concerns about the number of dual-nationality Britons detained in Iran and the conditions in which they were being held, a foreign office statement said on...
Iranian-American Man Returned to Prison after Medical Leave
By Yeganeh Torbati
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - An 81-year-old Iranian-American man sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran on charges he spied and cooperated with the United States has been returned to prison...
U.S. Soccer Briefly Removed Emblem From Iran Flag to Show Support for Protesters
By Hritika Sharma
AL RAYYAN, Qatar, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The United States Soccer Federation temporarily displayed Iran's national flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic Republic as a show of solidarity with protesters in Iran ahead...
Iranian Couple Arrested For Public Marriage Proposal
KL/REUTERS: An Iranian man proposed to a woman at the Hafezieh Mausoleum in the city of Shiraz, witnessed by celebrating friends. Soon after, the couple was arrested and investigated for the offence of re-creating a...
