EXCLUSIVE: UN Ex-Rapporteur Postpones Trip to US Following Iran Regime Threats
By Natasha Phillips
Dr. Javaid Rehman, the United Nations’s former Rapporteur on the Islamic Republic of Iran, said he was postponing a planned visit to the US in September after facing threats from Iranian officials for...
Pro-Monarchy Iranian Campaigner Faces Jail, Says Human Rights Group
By Natasha Phillips
Shakila Monfared, an Iranian activist advocating for monarchy in Iran, has been sentenced to seven years and seven months in prison as well as 10 lashes, according to the Washington-based Abdorrahman Boroumand...
EXCLUSIVE: New UN Rapporteur on Iran to Focus on Gender Inequality, Executions
By Natasha Phillips
Dr. Mai Sato, the new United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, outlined her priorities in an exclusive interview with Kayhan Life, and said...
Iran’s Police Admit Shooting And Injuring 31-Year-Old Mother in Car
By Natasha Phillips
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Police Command has confirmed that Arezoo Badri, a 31-year-old mother of two, was shot in the back by officers while in her car following weeks of speculation...
Iran’s Minorities Disproportionately Targeted in Crackdowns, UN Mission Reports
By Natasha Phillips
Ethnic and religious minority groups in Iran have suffered more than the rest of the population from the government’s crackdowns on the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ protests which began in 2022, according to an Aug....
Femicide Surges in Iran, Which Still Ranks Near Bottom of Global Gender Gap Index
By Natasha Phillips
The killing of women and girls in Iran because of their gender has risen sharply in the Islamic Republic, according to the Norway-based Kurdish human rights organization Hengaw.
At least 50 cases of...
New UN Rapporteur on Iran Is Expert on Death Penalty
By Natasha Phillips
Dr. Mai Sato, an associate professor at the prestigious Monash University in Australia, has been appointed as the next United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran by the UN Human...
Iranian Female Labor Activist Faces Death Sentence; Human Rights Group Protests
By Natasha Phillips
A death sentence pronounced by Iran’s judiciary against Sharifeh Mohammadi, a female Kurdish labor activist, has been “strongly” condemned by the international human rights group Frontline Defenders (FD).
Mohammadi was arrested on Dec. 5 on...
Husband of British-Iranian Detainee Nasrin Roshan Urges Britain to Secure Her Release
By Natasha Phillips
A British-Iranian woman, Nasrin Roshan, has been detained in Iran’s Evin prison since Nov. 16 on charges of “propaganda against the Islamic Republic” and “assembly and collusion against national security,” and sentenced to three...
At Cannes, Iranian Director Rasoulof Recalls Difficult Exile Decision
By Miranda Murray
CANNES, France, May 25 (Reuters) - Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof recalled how he had to decide within hours whether to go into exile or serve a prison sentence, saying it was still difficult to...
