Nobel Prize Nominee Masih Alinejad Stands Up for Iranian Women on World Hijab Day
By Natasha Phillips
Iran human rights campaigner and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Masih Alinejad revived her social media campaign “Let Us Talk” on Feb. 1 to raise awareness about women forced against their will to wear...
Iran Human Rights Activist Masih Alinejad Among Nominees for Nobel Peace Prize
By Nora Buli
OSLO, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Iranian human rights campaigner Masih Alinejad, British nature broadcaster David Attenborough and the World Health Organization are among the nominees for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
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Iranian Personalities, Former U.S. Officials Commemorate Holocaust on Clubhouse
By Nazenin Ansari
A week after Iran became the only country at the United Nations General Assembly to dissociate itself from a resolution against Holocaust denial, a broad group of Iranian personalities and former US...
British-Iranian Sarah Gharib Produces Documentary on Holocaust Memorial Day
By Firouzeh Nabavi
The Iranian-born journalist Sarah Gharib has just released a documentary about the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum — the monument built on the site of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp in Poland....
UN Urged to Open Query Into Iran’s 1988 Killings and Raisi Role
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Prominent former U.N. judges and investigators have called on U.N. human rights boss Michelle Bachelet to investigate the 1988 "massacre" of political prisoners in Iran, including the...
Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi Condemns Sentencing of Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi
By Natasha Phillips
Nobel Prize winner and attorney Dr. Shirin Ebadi has condemned the sentencing of prominent human rights activist Narges Mohammadi by an Iranian court.
“Narges Mohammadi’s human rights activism has led once again to...
Iranian Firefighters, Environment Ministry Staff Join Nationwide Protests
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iranian Department of Environment employees held a protest outside the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) on Jan. 18, demanding a salary increase and workplace benefits.
Photographs posted on social media showed protesters carrying a...
Verdict in Iran’s Trial of Jailed French Tourist Likely Within Days – Lawyer
DUBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) - A verdict in Iran's trial of French tourist Benjamin Briere, jailed for over a year on charges of "spying and acting against the Islamic Republic", could be issued within days,...
Iran Arrests Human Rights Activist Farideh Moradkhani, Niece of Khamenei
By Kayhan Life Staff
Farideh Moradkhani, a human rights activist and the niece of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (his sister’s daughter), was arrested on Jan. 13, according to human rights organizations.
Ms. Moradkhani, the...
Iran’s Civil Servant Protests Are a Watershed Moment for the Opposition, Activist Says
By Natasha Phillips
The recent demonstrations by employees of the Iranian judiciary are a watershed moment for opponents of Iran’s government, according to Amir Etemadi, a member of the Washington-based pro-democracy group Farashgard.
In an unusual...
