Jailed Iranian Nobel Laureate Mohammadi Goes on Hunger Strike
DUBAI/OSLO, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi began a hunger strike on Monday in protest against what she said was the jail's failure to give her access to medical care, the...
Artist Minoo Emami To Burn Her Own Paintings In Solidarity With Iranian Women’s Struggle
By Firouzeh Nabavi
The Iranian-born artist Minoo Emami plans to destroy a number of her early paintings in a sacrificial burning on the campus of the University of Hartford on November 11th.
Motivated by the sacrifices ...
Islamic Republic’s Appointment to Chair UN Rights Meeting Draws Condemnation
By Emma Farge
GENEVA, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The United States and rights groups complained on Thursday that it was "insulting" to allow Iran's envoy to chair a U.N. human rights council meeting in Geneva, citing violations by Iranian authorities, especially...
UK Unveils New Safety Measures for Journalists Targeted by Iran Regime
By Natasha Phillips
The UK government announced new protections on Oct. 30 for journalists in Britain being threatened by the Islamic Republic in Iran. The measures included an online reporting tool and training for police...
Iranian Teenager Armita Geravand Dies After Alleged Confrontation
Oct 28 (Reuters) - Armita Geravand, a 16-year-old Iranian girl, has died following an alleged encounter with officers over violating the country's hijab law, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.
"Unfortunately, she went into a coma...
Islamic Republic Jails Two Journalists for Covering Protests Sparked by Death of Mahsa Amini
DUBAI, Oct 22 (Reuters) - An Iranian Revolutionary Court sentenced two journalists to years in prison for their coverage of the death in custody of Kurdish-Iranian Mahsa Amini last year, state media reported on Sunday.
The death of...
Iranian Teenage Girl Armita Geravand Is ‘Brain Dead,’ State Media Says
DUBAI, Oct 22 (Reuters) - A teenage Iranian girl, who fell into a coma earlier this month following an alleged encounter with officers over violating the country's hijab law, is said to be "brain dead", Iranian state media reported on...
Mahsa Amini Family Lawyer Sentenced To One Year in Prison
By Kayhan Life Staff
Branch 28 of Tehran’s Revolution Court has handed a one-year prison sentence to Saleh Nikbakht, the lawyer for the family of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, the Tehran-based Didban Iran news website said...
Mahsa Amini, Women’s Movement in Iran Win EU’s 2023 Sakharov Freedom Prize
BRUSSELS, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The European Union parliament awarded its annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Iranian woman Mahsa Amini who died in police custody last year and the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement in Iran,...
Islamic Republic’s Treatment of Women and Girls Condemned by UN Experts
By Natasha Phillips
The Islamic Republic’s treatment of women was criticized during an Oct. 12 United Nations committee meeting in Geneva by several UN experts discussing violence against women and women’s rights defenders around the...
