Thursday, December 5, 2024

ANALYSIS: What Has Changed in Iran One Year Since Mahsa Amini Protests Erupted?

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Iran's rulers have intensified a clampdown on dissent nearly one year since the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini sparked protests which spiralled into some of the worst political turmoil...

Iran, US on Verge of Prisoner Swap Under Qatar-Mediated Deal

By Parisa Hafezi and Andrew Mills DUBAI/DOHA, Sept 10 (Reuters) - When $6 billion of unfrozen Iranian funds are wired to banks in Qatar as early as next week, it will trigger a carefully choreographed sequence that will...

Iranian-American Prisoners Involved in Swap, Fund Release

DUBAI, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Iran may free five detained U.S. citizens as part of a deal under which $6 billion in Iranian funds in South Korea would be unfrozen and has moved four of them from jail...

Iran Detains Mahsa Amini’s Uncle as Anniversary of Her Death, Protests Looms

DUBAI, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Iran's security forces have detained a relative of a Kurdish Iranian woman days before the anniversary of her death in the custody of the morality police that sparked months of nationwide protests,...

EU, Stockholm Say Swedish Citizen Held in Iran

STOCKHOLM, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Sweden and the European Union Commission on Monday said a Swedish national is being detained in Iran - the latest known case of a foreign national being held in Iran amid political tensions with the...

Suicide Rates in Iran Have Soared 40% In Last Decade

By Kayhan Life staff Suicides in Iran have seen a 40 percent increase over the past decade, primarily due to economic conditions and the cost-of-living crisis, the Etemad newspaper reports. Official statistics reveal a rise in...

Iranian Protest Songs Are Galvanizing the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ Revolution 

By Ahmad Rafat The Iranian authorities arrested singer, musician, and activist Mehdi Yarrahi on Aug. 28 on the orders of the Tehran prosecutor’s office. The Judiciary had launched an investigation of Mr. Yarrahi following the...

Iranian Authorities Arrest Women Activists, Suspend Professors Ahead of Amini Anniversary

By Natasha Phillips The Iranian authorities have escalated their arrests and harassment of women’s rights campaigners ahead of the anniversary of the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Jina Amini, according to an Aug. 21 report by...

Iran’s Street Art Shows Defiance, Resistance and Resilience

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Iran Official Says U.S. Should Explain Links to Convicted Dual National Sharmahd

DUBAI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - The United States should explain its links to the Iranian-German national Jamshid Sharmahd sentenced to death in Iran, Tehran's foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, adding that progress had been made in a prisoner swap deal with...