Afghans Flee Iran in Droves As Economic Crisis Bites
War, violence, poverty and political instability forced many Afghans to leave their homeland in the last three decades and to seek a better life for themselves and their families in neighboring Iran. However, dire...
Prominent Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Announces Hunger Strike in Prison
GENEVA, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Jailed Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh began a hunger strike in prison on Saturday, she announced in a note posted on her husband's Facebook page.
Sotoudeh said she was...
British-Iranian Aid Worker Returns to Jail After Temporary Release – Husband
LONDON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - A detained British-Iranian aid worker sentenced to five years in jail in Iran was returned to prison on Sunday after a request to extend her three-day temporary release was...
UK Foreign Secretary Hunt Welcomes Iran’s Temporary Release of Aid Worker
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 23 (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday he welcomed news that Iran had temporarily released Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian aid worker, from prison, but said she should...
British-Iranian Aid Worker Temporarily Released from Tehran Jail
LONDON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - A detained British-Iranian aid worker sentenced to five years in jail in Iran has been released from detention for three days, her supporters and Iran's envoy to Britain said...
Iranian Spiritual Leader Sentenced for “Insulting Islam”
LONDON, Aug 18 (Reuters) - An Iranian court has sentenced the founder of a spiritual movement to five years in jail, his lawyer told ILNA news agency on Saturday, after he was accused of...
Composer Mehdi Rajabian Releases Peace Album with 12 Mideastern Players
The Iranian composer Mehdi Rajabian (1989-) and 12 musicians from neighboring countries have released an album entitled “Middle East.” The record is the result of a remarkable collaboration between musicians in the region.
None of...
Karaj Comes Under Curfew During Nights of Iran-Wide Unrest
Iran has been experiencing nights of civil unrest across many of its cities. Authorities have imposed martial law in Karaj (20 kilometers west of the capital), the site of some of the most intense...
Scattered Protests in Iran as U.S. Sanctions Loom
DUBAI, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Sporadic protests were taking place in cities in Iran for a fourth day, with demonstrators attacking a Shi'ite seminary west of Tehran, according to Iranian news agencies and social...
Women Arrested in Southwestern Iran for Defying Hijab Law
The authorities in the southwestern Iranian town of Dezful (in Khuzestan) have arrested 11 women for violating the hijab law, according to Hassan Dezfuli, the head of the local office for vice prevention.
Mr. Dezfuli...
