UK Must Push For Release of British-Iranian Mehran Raoof, Amnesty International Says
By Natasha Phillips
The British government must include the unjustly detained British-Iranian Mehran Raoof in its efforts to free other British-Iranians such as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori, Amnesty International has said.
Raoof, a 64-year-old labor...
Tehran Housing Prices Rise by More than 90 Percent
Housing prices have risen by 90.9 percent in Iran since October 2017, according to a recent report by the housing department of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development.
Meanwhile, sales of homes in...
Iranian Protesters Are Making Demands in Charters and Bills of Rights
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UK Warns British-Iranian Dual Nationals over Travel to Iran
LONDON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Britain on Wednesday advised British-Iranian dual nationals against all but essential travel to Iran, tightening up its existing travel advice and warning it has only limited powers to support...
Iranian Political Prisoner Pakhshan Azizi at ‘Imminent Risk of Execution,’ Lawyer Says
By Natasha Phillips
The Kurdish political prisoner Pakhshan Azizi, who was sentenced to death in July on charges of “armed insurrection” and “membership of opposition groups,” is now at imminent risk of execution, according to...
Speaking in Davos, Masih Alinejad Condemns Iran For Its ‘Gender Apartheid’
By Natasha Phillips
Iran came under fire for its treatment of women at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, as the journalist and activist Masih Alinejad denounced "gender apartheid" in her homeland and...
A Year After Mahsa Amini’s Death, Iran’s Women Continue Their Long Fight for ‘Women, Life,...
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Iranian-German National Jamshid Sharmahd Sentenced to Death – Mizan
DUBAI, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Iran's judiciary sentenced Iranian-German national Jamshid Sharmahd to death on charges of "corruption on earth", the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported on Tuesday.
Sharmahd, who also has U.S. residency, is accused by...
Swedish Court Sentences Ex-Iranian Official to Life for Torture, Executions
By Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander
STOCKHOLM, July 14 (Reuters) - A Swedish court sentenced a former Iranian official to life in prison on Thursday for his part in the mass execution and torture of political prisoners...
Western Nations Denounce Iran for ‘Hostage-Taking’ of Their Nationals
DUBAI, Nov 16 (Reuters) - France and Britain accused Iran of threatening their nationals on Wednesday after the Islamic Republic said French intelligence agents had been arrested during anti-government protests.
Tehran accuses Western adversaries of stoking the nationwide unrest...
