Four Arrested After Balcony Protest at Iranian Embassy in London
LONDON, March 9 (Reuters) - Four people were arrested after they climbed on to a first-floor balcony of the Iranian embassy in London on Friday and waved flags in an apparent protest against the government in...
Wife of Iranian-Canadian Who Died in Jail Barred From Leaving Iran-Son
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin
LONDON, March 8 (Reuters) - The wife of an Iranian-Canadian environmental activist who died in prison in Tehran last month was barred from leaving Iran, one of her sons said, in an...
Child Abuse Is a Problem in Iran, Says Health Official
Emergency social services in Iran have recorded 16,000 cases of child abuse and 14,599 instances of domestic violence in the past six months.
According to Reza Jafari, director of the Social Welfare Emergency Department, 12...
A New Wave Of Violent Threats Against Protesters
Hojatollah Ali Khorshidi, the chief prosecutor for Estahban County in the southern province of Fars, has called for harsher punishments against those arrested during the recent nationwide civil unrest, the Center for Human Rights...
Iran Says Damascus Suburbs Assault to Continue as Fighting Rages
BEIRUT, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Iran said pro-Damascus forces would press ahead with attacks on an insurgent enclave near the Syrian capital, as ground fighting raged on there in defiance of a U.N. resolution...
Iranian Women Allowed To Attend Iran-Iraq Basketball Match
Female basketball fans were allowed to attend a match between the Iranian and Iraqi men’s national teams in an indoor stadium in Tehran on February 25. It was a qualifying match for the FIBA...
Five Iranian Security Officers killed at Sufi Protest in Tehran
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin
LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Five members of Iranian security forces were killed in Tehran on Monday night in clashes with protesters from a religious order, 300 of whom were arrested, the police said.
Members...
Sweden Grants Citizenship to Scientist Sentenced to Death in Iran
STOCKHOLM, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Sweden has granted citizenship to a Stockholm-based scientist being held in Iran under sentence of death, the Swedish foreign ministry confirmed on Saturday.
Ahmadreza Djalali, a medical doctor and lecturer at...
Nationwide Protests by Iran’s Unions, Teachers, Students And Doctors
February 15, 2018 Labor unions around the country resumed their protests a day after the 39th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution on February 12. They were joined by students, office workers, and doctors. In total,...
Family Calls for Independent Probe into Death of Iranian-Canadian in Jail
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin
LONDON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - The family of an Iranian-Canadian environmental activist who died in prison in Tehran last week called for an independent investigation into his death, and said they were...
