LGBT+ Afghans Desperate to Escape amid Taliban Takeover
By Matthew Lavietes and Rachel Savage
NEW YORK/LONDON, Aug 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It was never easy being gay or transgender in Afghanistan. Now it could be deadly, according to LGBT+ Afghans, whose fear...
Iranian and Afghan Campaigners Call On UN to Protect Women’s Rights in Afghanistan
By Natasha Phillips
A letter signed by more than 1,200 Iranian and Afghan human rights activists and journalists has called on the United Nations to protect women’s rights and secure peace in Afghanistan after the...
OPINION – “I Feel Suffocated”: Afghans Are Feeling Hopeless, but There’s Still a...
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Husband Asks UN for Urgent Action To Secure Her Release
By Natasha Phillips
Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of detained dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, has appealed to the United Nations to secure her release following a breakdown in negotiations between the UK and Iran.
Speaking to Kayhan...
Man Accused over Iran Prison Executions Goes on Trial in Sweden
STOCKHOLM, Aug 10 (Reuters) - About 100 demonstrators gathered outside a court in Stockholm on Tuesday to protest against the Tehran government on the opening day of the trial of a 60-year-old Iranian suspected of...
Iran Sentences Two Dual Nationals to 10 Years in Prison Each -Lawyer
DUBAI, Aug 4 (Reuters) - An Iranian Revolutionary Court has sentenced two dual nationals, German-Iranian Nahid Taghavi and British-Iranian Mehran Raouf, to more than 10 years in prison, each on national security charges, their lawyer...
Iranian Police Arrest Activist Fatemeh Sepehri, Devout Woman with Secular Views
By Ahmad Rafat
Fatemeh Sepehri -- the civil rights activist who was detained in Mashhad on Sunday, Aug. 1, during a peaceful demonstration in support of the people of Khuzestan and against the security situation...
Iran’s Parliament to Debate Restricting Internet; International NGOs Protest
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Majlis (Iranian Parliament) has passed a draft bill on “Protecting Rights of Internet Users and Regulating Social Media Messaging Apps” and will now debate the bill in an open session...
Former Iranian Judicial Official Charged With War Crimes in Sweden
By Natasha Phillips
Hamid Nouri, an Iranian man alleged to have worked as a deputy prosecutor overseeing executions of political prisoners in Iran's Gohardasht prison in 1988, has been charged with war crimes in Sweden. This is the...
Iranian Charged With War Crimes by Swedish Court for 1988 Prison Killing
STOCKHOLM, July 27 (Reuters) - A 60-year-old Iranian citizen has been charged in Sweden with suspected war crimes committed in Iran in 1988 when around 5,000 political prisoners were executed on government orders, Stockholm prosecutors said on...
