Germany Tightens Entry Restrictions on Iran Over Rights Situation
BERLIN, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Germany is tightening entry restrictions on Iran beyond an already announced EU sanctions package in response to the human rights situation in the country, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said in a statement...
INTERVIEW – Iran Protests at Point of ‘No Return’ – Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
By Emma Batha
LONDON, Oct 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Protests engulfing Iran have reached a point of "no return" as demonstrators demand wide reforms beyond the end of mandatory hijab rules, said British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who...
Riot Police Deploy in Iranian Cities as People Gather for Amini’s Memorial
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Iranian riot police deployed in large numbers in Mahsa Amini's home town of Saqez on Wednesday, witnesses said, after activists called for protests across the country to mark 40...
UN Expert on Iran to Hold Human Rights Briefing Amid Nationwide Protests
By Natasha Phillips
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman, will hold a briefing at the UN’s headquarters in New York on Oct. 27 to address the state of human...
Government Security Forces Fire Tear Gas Near Tehran School After Dispute
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Iranian security forces fired tear gas near a girls' school in Tehran on Monday, according to videos posted on social media, after a dispute between authorities and students over their mobile phones...
Iran Arrests 10 People Allegedly Working for Israel – Fars News Agency
DUBAI, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Iran has arrested 10 agents working for Israel in west Azerbaijan province, Fars news agency reported.
These people were in direct video communication with Mossad officers, it added, referring to the Israeli...
ANALYSIS: Women-Led Protests Are Shifting the West’s Attitude Towards Iran
By Ahmad Rafat
Western governments and politicians have finally focused their collective attention on the nationwide protests in Iran, sparked by the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, a 22-year-old woman, who died while in the...
Tens of Thousands March in Berlin in Support of Iran Protests
By Leon Malherbe and Parisa Hafezi
BERLIN/DUBAI, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people marched in Berlin on Saturday in a show of support for protesters in Iran where unrest ignited by Mahsa Amini's death in police...
Iran’s Guards Warn Cleric Over ‘Agitating’ in Restive Southeast
DUBAI, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards accused a Sunni cleric of agitating against the Islamic Republic and warned it may cost him dearly after he said officials including the supreme leader were responsible for...
Protests Rage in Iran’s Southeast, Amid Crackdown Call
DUBAI, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Protests broke out in restive southeastern Iran on Friday, with demonstrators attacking banks, state media reported, as a senior hardline cleric called for tough measures against demonstrators across the country.
The Islamic Republic has...
