France Has Not Ruled Out Declaring Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to Be a Terrorist Group
By John Irish
PARIS, Jan 10 (Reuters) - France's foreign ministry said on Tuesday it had not ruled out the idea that the European Union designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation, a day after Germany...
Volcanic Mount Damavand Likely to Erupt Soon, Scientist Says
Mount Damavand, a potentially active volcano in Iran, is likely to erupt soon, ILNA (Iranian Labor News Agency) reported, quoting Mohammad Javad Bolourchi, a senior consultant to the Geological Survey and Mineral Exploration of...
UK Sanctions Iran’s Prosecutor General After Akbari Execution
LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - British foreign minister James Cleverly said on Saturday Britain had imposed sanctions on Iran's Prosecutor General after the execution of British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari.
"Sanctioning him today underlines our disgust at Alireza Akbari's...
Iran’s Government Installs Cameras in Public Sites To Identify Unveiled Women -Police Statement
April 8 (Reuters) - In a further attempt to rein in the increasing number of women defying Iran's compulsory dress code, authorities are installing cameras in public places and thoroughfares to identify and penalise unveiled women, the police...
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...
Iran Anti-Regime Protests Receive Support From More Than 300 Christians In Petition
By Natasha Phillips
A petition supporting the anti-regime protests in Iran was signed by more than 300 Christians in the first 24 hours of its circulation, the petition’s creator Mary Mohammadi said. The petition was...
Self-Immolation Leaves One Dead, 11 Injured at a Drug Rehab Center in Southern Iran
A dozen addicts set fire to themselves to protest their living conditions and treatment at a rehabilitation camp for men in Abshurak village in the southern province of Hormozgan, according to Farjam Danesh, the...
Iran’s Government Confirms It Arrested 22,000 People for Taking Part in Protests, Releases Them
DUBAI, March 13 (Reuters) - Iranian judicial authorities have pardoned 22,000 people who took part in anti-government protests, judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said on Monday, according to the official IRNA news agency.
State media reported early last...
French Tourist Jailed in Iran Goes on Hunger Strike
PARIS, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Benjamin Briere, a French tourist jailed in Iran on spying charges since spring 2020, has begun a hunger strike, his lawyer and sister said in a statement on Monday.
French authorities remain...
Iran Passes Law Allowing Women to Pass Citizenship to Children
DUBAI, Oct 2 (Reuters) - A top Iranian constitutional body has approved a law allowing Iranian women to pass their nationality to their children, state media reported on Wednesday.
Human rights experts have said the measure could...
