ANALYSIS: As Iran Faces “Water Bankruptcy”, Drought Exposes Past Problems, Future Threats
By Maya Gebeily
BEIRUT, July 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Severe water shortages in Iran in recent weeks have prompted electricity outages and even sparked deadly protests, but analysts say the underlying causes go back decades -...
Germany Tightens Entry Restrictions on Iran Over Rights Situation
BERLIN, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Germany is tightening entry restrictions on Iran beyond an already announced EU sanctions package in response to the human rights situation in the country, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said in a statement...
Iran University Students Strike, Piling Pressure on Rulers
DUBAI, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Iranian university students pressed ahead with sit-down strikes on Tuesday in support of some of the biggest protests since the 1979 revolution, ignoring harsh warnings by elite security forces and a...
Iran Situation ‘Critical’ With More Than 300 Killed -UN Rights Chief
GENEVA, Nov 22 (Reuters) - The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday that the situation in Iran was "critical", describing a hardening of the authorities' response to protests that have resulted in more than...
Iranian Rapper Toomaj Salehi Summoned by Revolutionary Court
By Ahmad Rafat
Toomaj Salah, who in recent months has become the most popular rap artist in Iran, has been ordered to appear in a revolutionary court on Jan. 12 in Shahin Shahr, in the...
Former Iranian Judiciary Chief Shahroudi, Accused of Executing Thousands, Confirmed Dead
By Natasha Phillips
24 Dec - Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, former chief of Iran’s Judiciary and Chairman of Iran's Expediency Discernment Council, has passed away. An earlier report by Iran’s official news agency IRNA suggested that the cleric...
Headwear and Hegemony: How ‘Turban Tossing’ Protests Are Threatening Iran’s Ruling Clergy
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Police in Southern Iran Rescue Five-Year-Old Boy Held and Tortured for Two Months
Police in Bandar Bushehr, capital of the southern province of Bushehr, have arrested two people on suspicion of the kidnapping, torture and detention of a five-year-old boy for a period of two months at...
Ten Killed in Boiler Explosion in Iran – Fars News
Aug 25 (Reuters) - Ten people were killed and five wounded after a boiler exploded in a residential area of the city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran, Fars News reported in a Twitter post...
Treasury’s Bessent Says Iran Facing Precarious Moment, Economy in Trouble
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Iran's economy is facing high inflation and other challenges, partly due to U.S. sanctions, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday, underscoring Washington's concerns about Tehran cracking down violently...
