Sweden Foreign Minister Calls Iran’s Zarif over Scientist Sentenced to Death
STOCKHOLM, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Sweden's foreign minister said on Tuesday she had spoken to her Iranian counterpart after reports Iran may soon enforce a death sentence on Swedish-Iranian scientist Ahmadreza Djalali.
Djalali, a medical doctor and lecturer...
Hillary Clinton Joins Public Campaign Against Iran’s Presence on UN Commission
By Firouzeh Nabavi
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joined a group of Iranian-born activists and artists on Nov. 28 to demand that Iran be removed from the United Nations Commission on the...
Iranian Veterinary Researchers Invent Instrument for Inflicting Burns on Lab Animals
Researchers at the University of Tabriz’s School of Veterinary Medicine have invented a heat-generating instrument that inflicts burns on the skins of laboratory animals to measure the temperature, pressure, type and severity of burns...
Iran Experiences Surge in Suicides Among Soldiers and Nurses
By Roshanak Astaraki
Despite the publicly voiced concerns of healthcare professionals, physicians, and social workers, there has ben an alarming increase in the number of suicides in Iran in recent years, successive governments have failed...
Iranian Law Enforcement Harmed No One in Recent Protests, Police Chief Says
By Azadeh Karimi
Tehran police chief Brigadier General Hossein Rahimi has said his forces did not injure anyone during the deadly wave of protests in November that were sparked by the increase in fuel prices.
“Tehran...
Domestic Violence Against Women is Rampant in Iran, Studies Show
January 26, 2018 Recent data has shown that women suffer domestic abuse at a higher rate than children and elderly in Iran, according to Maryam Rasoulian, the director of the Iranian Psychiatric Association.
Rasoulian said that...
Iran’s Evin Prison in “Chaos” Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Detained Dual National Says
By Natasha Phillips
Poor conditions inside Iran’s Evin Prison and guards failing to follow measures designed to contain the Coronavirus outbreak in Iran have left the country’s most notorious jail in a state of chaos, according to...
Iran Executes Dissident Journalist Ruhollah Zam – State Media
Dec 12 (Reuters) - Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam, who was convicted of fomenting violence during anti-government protests in 2017, was executed on Saturday, Iran's state television reported.
Iran said on Tuesday its Supreme Court had upheld the...
Playing Heavy Metal and Drumming as a Woman in the Islamic Republic of Iran...
By Natasha Phillips
Pioneering Iranian musician Shirin Vazei has played the drums for several rock bands in Iran, taking the heavy metal scene by storm while shaking up gender stereotypes in her home country.
Heavy metal...
Iran Court Confirms 8-Year Sentence for French Tourist in Spying Case
DUBAI, June 28 (Reuters) - An Iranian appeals court has confirmed an eight-year, eight-month sentence for jailed French national Benjamin Briere on spying charges, one of his Iranian lawyers, Saeid Dehghan, tweeted on Tuesday.
Briere was arrested in Iran in May 2020 after flying a helicam...
