Iran Lifts Ban on Non-Muslim City Council Member After Outcry
DUBAI, July 21 (Reuters) - A top Iranian body on Saturday lifted a ban imposed by a hardline-led council on a politician from the minority Zoroastrian religion who had been elected to a city...
Interview: Head of Berlin Refugee Center Predicts Influx of Iranians
By Azadeh Karimi
Since 2015, an increasing number of asylum seekers and economic migrants, mostly from Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East and Africa, have arrived in Europe. This influx of people, who have been...
Child Rights Agency Condemns Broadcast of Teen Dancer’s Confession
The Iranian Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (IRSPRC) has criticized the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) for its televised confession of 17-year-old Maedeh Hojabri, who was recently detained...
Syrian Rebels, Iran Reach Deal to Evacuate Villages -Sources
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi
AMMAN, July 17 (Reuters) - Syrian rebels and Iranian-backed negotiators have reached a deal to evacuate thousands of people from two rebel-besieged Shi'ite villages in northwestern Syria in return for the release...
Journalist Sadegh Gheisari Sentenced to Jail, Flogging
The Iranian journalist and social activist Sadegh Gheisari has been sentenced to 7 years in jail, 74 lashes and a two-year travel ban. The ruling by Abolghasem Salavati, the head of Branch 15 of...
Hijab Opponents Are U.S.-Funded, Says Leader of Women’s Basij
Courts in Iran have reportedly sentenced many girls and women to 20 years in prison for violating the hijab law.
Meanwhile, Minou Aslani, the head of the Organization of Women’s Basij Community, said: “No...
Iranian Vice President Calls for Women to Attend Sports Events
Iran’s Vice President for Women and Family Affairs Masoumeh Ebtekar has called on the government to stop banning women from attending sports events.
Speaking to ILNA (Iranian Labor News Agency), Ebtekar said: “Female fans watched...
Jailed Iranian Activist Narges Mohammadi Transferred to Hospital
Iran Human Rights, a non-profit international organization based in Oslo, has called for the immediate and unconditional release of the jailed human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, citing her poor health.
Mrs. Mohammadi has been arrested...
Iranians Outraged over Arrest of Teenager for Instagram Dancing Clips
ANKARA, July 9 (Reuters) - Iranians on social media mocked clerical rulers on Monday after the hardline judiciary arrested a teenage girl for posting on Instagram videos of herself dancing in her room.
Critics of...
The Jewish Community in Iran: Interview with Anti Defamation League’s Sharon Nazarian
By Natasha Phillips
Sharon Nazarian is an Iranian-American-Jewish academic and philanthropist, and Senior Vice President for International Affairs at the Anti Defamation League, which works to combat anti-Semitism worldwide, as well as hate crimes, extremism...
