Thursday, November 14, 2024

Jailed US Resident Excluded From Iran Hostage Deal Begins Hunger Strike, His Son Says

By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - A U.S. permanent resident detained in Iran since 2016 has begun a hunger strike in protest of his exclusion from last week's deal between Washington and...

Canada Targets Senior Iran Officials With New Sanctions

OTTAWA, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Canada on Tuesday imposed new Iran-related sanctions targeting seven people who Ottawa accused of being involved in activities threatening international peace and security, according to a statement from the Canadian foreign ministry. The...

UK Sanctions Target Iranian Drone Maker

By Sachin Ravikumar and Muvija M LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Britain on Tuesday imposed sanctions on an Iranian drone maker and a range of other foreign businesses, accusing them of supplying Russian forces with weapons and components...

Iran Faces New Wave of Protests, Despite Repressive Tactics, Says Analyst Ghafouri

By Natasha Phillips The Islamic Republic faces another wave of protests in the run-up to the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, even though it has developed new tactics and methods to suppress the...

Amnesty International Reports on Iran’s Crackdown to Enforce Hijab, Including Vehicle Confiscation

By Natasha Phillips More than a million women have been threatened with confiscation of their vehicles since April 15, after surveillance cameras caught them driving without their headscarves on, Amnesty International said. The findings, published in a...

Iranian Chess Player Who Removed Hijab Gets Spanish Citizenship

MADRID, July 26 (Reuters) - An Iranian chess player who moved to Spain in January after she competed without a hijab and had an arrest warrant issued against her at home has been granted Spanish citizenship, Spain...

Protester Ahmad Batebi, Face of Iran’s 1999 Revolt, Speaks to Kayhan Life

By Ahmad Rafat Tehran University students staged a mass protest on July 9, 1999, after the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence shut down the Salam newspaper for publishing a secret memo by the former deputy intelligence...

Call For Un Rights Chief To Prevent Execution of Iranian Boxer

GENEVA, July 20 (Reuters) - Dozens of rights activists as well as prominent lawyers and former prosecutors have written to the U.N. Human Rights chief urging him to intervene to try to prevent the execution of...

Iran’s Supply of Drones to Russia Has Caused Disputes Within the Regime, Says MI6...

By Natasha Phillips   Iran’s decision to supply drones to Russia to support its illegal invasion of Ukraine has “provoked internal quarrels at the highest level of the regime in Tehran,” according to Sir Richard Moore, the head of...