Soaring Bread Prices Spark Protests and Shop Fires in Iran – IRNA
DUBAI, May 13 (Reuters) - Soaring bread prices have triggered protests in Iran in which some shops were set on fire, prompting police to arrest scores of "provocateurs", the official IRNA news agency said on Friday.
The...
Iran Arrests 2 Europeans for Fomenting “Social Disorder”-ISNA
DUBAI, May 11 (Reuters) - Iran's intelligence ministry said on Wednesday it had arrested two European nationals for their alleged role in "the organization of insecurity" in the Islamic Republic, Iran's semi-official Students News Agency ISNA reported.
The pair were arrested...
Iranian Official Stands Trial In a Court in Sweden
By Ahmad Rafat (in Stockholm)
May 4 marked a remarkable day in the Iranian nation’s historic quest for justice when a court in Stockholm concluded trial proceedings for an Iranian national, Hamid Nouri, accused of...
Iran’s Judiciary Says Iranian-Swedish Djalali’s Execution Will Be Carried Out
DUBAI, May 10 (Reuters) - The death sentence of Swedish-Iranian national Ahmadreza Djalali is on the agenda and will be carried out, Iran's judiciary spokesperson Zabihollah Khodaian said on Tuesday, without giving a date as to when...
Iran’s Judiciary Rules Out Swap for Condemned Iranian-Swedish Man
DUBAI, May 10 (Reuters) - Ahmadreza Djalali, a Swedish-Iranian disaster medicine researcher arrested by Iran, will be executed without a possibility of exchange with an Iranian national tried in Sweden, Iran's judiciary spokesperson said on Tuesday.
"Djalali...
Iran to Execute Swedish-Iranian National Djalali by May 21 – ISNA
DUBAI, May 4 (Reuters) -A Swedish-Iranian national sentenced to death in Iran on charges of spying for Israel will be executed by May 21, Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency said on Wednesday, as the trial of a...
Executions in Iran Increased by 25% in 2021, Report Shows
By Natasha Phillips
There were 25 percent more executions in Iran in 2021 than there were in 2020, according to a report on the use of the death penalty by the Islamic Republic.
The report was released on April 28 by the Oslo-based non-governmental organisation Iran...
Human Rights Lawyer Soheila Hejab Sends Letter From Prison
By Kayhan Life Staff
In a letter written from her prison cell, Soheila Hejab, a human rights lawyer and pro-monarchy political activist, has described the physical and psychological torture she has endured in Kermanshah Prison’s...
Tehran University Football Teams Refuse to Play After Female Fans Banned From Match
By Kayhan Life Staff
Tehran’s Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT) football teams refused to play their match after university security removed female spectators from the stadium, according to social media posts by several student activists...
More Than 3,000 People — Including Iranians — Lost in Sea Crossings to Europe...
By Emma Farge
GENEVA, April 29 (Reuters) - More than 3,000 refugees, migrants and asylum seekers died or went missing last year while trying to reach Europe via Mediterranean and Atlantic sea routes, a U.N. refugee agency...
