Iran Expected to Scrap Ban on Women Passing Nationality to Children
By Emma Batha
THE HAGUE, June 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Iran plans to scrap a law banning women from passing their nationality to their children, which human rights experts said could help thousands of children living...
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...
Iranian Bahá’ís Are Being Targeted After Israel Attack, UK Official Says
By Natasha Phillips
Kumar Iyer, the U.K.’s Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization and the United Nations, has told the U.N.’s Human Rights Council that the Bahá’í community in Iran are among several minority...
Iranian Journalist Who Broke News on Mahsa Amini Pays Heavy Price
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Niloofar Hamedi, an Iranian journalist specialising in women's rights, got away with hard-hitting stories for years - until the day she took a photo of Mahsa Amini's parents hugging each...
Canada Imposes Sanctions on 2 Iranian Individuals, 3 Entities
OTTAWA, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Canada is imposing sanctions on two Iranian individuals and three entities over human right violations, the Canadian foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday.
Iran's judiciary has sentenced three more anti-government protesters...
Germany Says Iran Is Responsible for Death of Sharmahd
BERLIN, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Iran is responsible for the death of Jamshid Sharmahd, a German foreign ministry official said after Iranian state media quoted the judiciary there as saying the Iranian-German national had died before his execution, announced...
Western Nations Denounce Iran for ‘Hostage-Taking’ of Their Nationals
DUBAI, Nov 16 (Reuters) - France and Britain accused Iran of threatening their nationals on Wednesday after the Islamic Republic said French intelligence agents had been arrested during anti-government protests.
Tehran accuses Western adversaries of stoking the nationwide unrest...
ANALYSIS: Iranian Protesters Use New Tactics to Defy Security Forces
By Kayhan Life Staff
The nationwide protests in Iran sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini – who died on Sept. 16 while in the custody of the morality police -- have entered...
US Court Orders Iran to Pay Damages to Family of Late Journalist Siamak Pourzand
By Natasha Phillips
The Iranian government was ordered to pay $34.8 million in damages by a US court for imprisoning and torturing the journalist Siamak Pourzand, who subsequently took his own life while under house arrest.
The sentence was handed down by a court in the...
Iran’s Christians Are Used in Hostage Diplomacy, Face Rising Prison Sentences, Report Says
By Natasha Phillips
Prison terms for Christians in Iran arrested for practicing their faith increased sixfold in 2024, and one Christian man with dual nationality was allegedly taken hostage as leverage for the release of...
