Iranian Women Must Be Allowed into Stadiums, Olympics President Says
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), held talks on September 25 on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New...
Growing Up With Gender Identity Disorder in Iran: Interview with Pooya Mohseni
By Fred Parvaneh
Mohseni is an Iranian-American actor, writer, and activist. A graduate of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology and the Maggie Flanigan Studio, Pooya has had a string of lead, supporting and recurring...
Britain Tells Iran It Will Not Let Matter of Detained Aid Worker Rest
LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday he had had a frank discussion with his Iranian counterpart about detained British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and that he would...
Families of People Held Hostage in Iran Unite to Call for Action
By Belinda Goldsmith
NEW YORK, Sept 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The families of people detained in Iran on false charges joined forces for the first time on Wednesday to call on world leaders meeting...
UK PM May to Meet Iran’s Rouhani, Lobby for Detained Aid worker’s Release
LONDON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May will lobby for the release of detained British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe during a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani when both attend the...
Iranian Women Could Be Allowed into Sports Stadiums, Says Football Federation Chief
The government aims to remove any obstacles that currently prohibit girls and women from attending sporting matches at large stadiums, said Mehdi Taj the head of Iran’s Football Federation.
“We’ve held many meetings with senior...
France Regrets Arrest of Husband of Iranian Rights Lawyer
PARIS, Sept 6 (Reuters) - France's foreign ministry said on Thursday it regretted the arrest of the husband of a detained Iranian human rights lawyer, a rare criticism that is likely to irk Tehran...
Husband of Iranian Rights Lawyer Arrested – Amnesty
GENEVA, Sept 4 (Reuters) - The husband of detained Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was himself arrested on Tuesday, Amnesty International said.
There was no immediate comment from Iranian authorities, and Reuters was not...
Tehran University Photography Student Jailed For Seven Years
Parisa Rafiei, a 21-year old photography student at Tehran University, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court.
The security forces arrested Ms. Rafiei at a protest on...
Mass Graves of Victims of 1988 Iran Massacre Located, Website Says
The following is a Kayhan Life story based on an April 30 report by Amnesty International and Justice for Iran.
Amnesty International and Justice for Iran (JFI), a London-based non-governmental human rights organization, have joined...
