Detained Iranian Rapper Toomaj Salehi Released on Bail After Year in Jail
DUBAI, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who has been detained since his arrest last year for showing support to anti-government protests, was released on bail from Isfahan prison, Iranian human rights group Hengaw said...
Meta Oversight Board to Review Handling of Video Showing Unveiled Woman in Iran
Nov 16 (Reuters) - The Oversight Board for Instagram-owner Meta Platforms META.O said on Thursday it was reviewing the app's decision to leave up, remove, and then reinstate, a post that showed a man confronting a woman in...
Women’s Activism in Iran Continues, Despite Street Protests Dying Down in Face of State...
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
By Mona Tajali
Large-scale protests that erupted in 2022 across Iran, centering on women’s rights, captured the world’s attention.
Iranians peacefully protested in the streets of places ranging from Tehran to small towns across the...
Prince Reza Pahlavi Receives ‘Outspoken’ Award at Spirit of Lincoln Gala in California
By Kayhan Life Staff
Leaders of the national Log Cabin Republicans on Nov. 11 presented Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi with the 2023 Outspoken Award at the Spirit of Lincoln gala in recognition of his lifelong...
Narges Mohammadi: 2023 Nobel Peace Laureate on Hunger Strike After Being Denied Medical Treatment...
By: Hind Elhinnawy
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
Narges Mohammadi, the recipient of the 2023 Nobel peace prize for her long fight against the oppression of women in Iran, is reported to have started a hunger strike. Her family...
United Nations Must Investigate Armita’s Death in Tehran Metro, Says Human Rights Watch
By Natasha Phillips
The United Nations must investigate the treatment of 16-year-old Armita Geravand by Iran’s morality police in the Tehran Metro on Oct. 1 and her subsequent death in a probe that should include...
Nobel Peace Prize Body Urges Iran to Give Laureate Mohammadi Medical Help
HELSINKI, Nov 6 (Reuters) - The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Monday urged Iranian authorities to give medical help to this year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi.
Mohammadi went on hunger strike in prison on Monday, according to...
Jailed Iranian Nobel Laureate Mohammadi Goes on Hunger Strike
DUBAI/OSLO, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi began a hunger strike on Monday in protest against what she said was the jail's failure to give her access to medical care, the...
Artist Minoo Emami To Burn Her Own Paintings In Solidarity With Iranian Women’s Struggle
By Firouzeh Nabavi
The Iranian-born artist Minoo Emami plans to destroy a number of her early paintings in a sacrificial burning on the campus of the University of Hartford on November 11th.
Motivated by the sacrifices ...
Islamic Republic’s Appointment to Chair UN Rights Meeting Draws Condemnation
By Emma Farge
GENEVA, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The United States and rights groups complained on Thursday that it was "insulting" to allow Iran's envoy to chair a U.N. human rights council meeting in Geneva, citing violations by Iranian authorities, especially...
