UN Expands Iran Human Rights Mission in ‘Historic’ Move
By Natasha Phillips
The United Nations has renewed and broadened the mandate for its Fact Finding Mission on Iran (FFMI), a move described as “historic” by Baroness Helena Kennedy, the leading British lawyer, lawmaker and...
Frankfurt Deputy Mayor Eskandari-Grünberg Says Islamic Republic Is ‘Hostile to Humanity’
By Ahmad Rafat and Kayhan Life Staff
The Iranian-born, German politician Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg is the Deputy Mayor of Frankfurt -- and a vocal, lifelong campaigner for democracy and women’s rights in Iran.
She served for six...
France Plans to Take Iran to International Court over Citizen Detentions
PARIS, April 3 (Reuters) - Two French citizens held in Iran for almost three years have not had consular services for more than a year prompting Paris to prepare a complaint at the International...
US State Department Condemns Human Rights Violations in Iran
By Natasha Phillips
U.S. State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce has condemned the Islamic Republic’s human rights record, and called the Islamic Republic “one of the world’s worst violators of human rights.”
“The regime is one of...
Two Convicted in US of Iran-Backed Plot to Kill Journalist
By Luc Cohen
NEW YORK, March 21 - Two men who U.S. prosecutors say belong to a Russian organized crime group were convicted of involvement in an unsuccessful Iran-backed plot to kill a prominent New York-based dissident and journalist.
A jury in Manhattan federal court found Rafat...
Human Rights Concerns in Iran Are ‘Extensive and Complex,’ Says UN Report
By Natasha Phillips
A United Nations report on the state of human rights in Iran — published on March 14 by the Independent Fact Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran — has found that human rights violations in...
Trump Administration Weighs Travel Ban on Iran, Memo Says
By Humeyra Pamuk
WASHINGTON, March 14 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is considering issuing sweeping travel restrictions for the citizens of dozens of countries as part of a new ban, according to sources familiar with the matter...
Iranian Political Prisoner Pakhshan Azizi at ‘Imminent Risk of Execution,’ Lawyer Says
By Natasha Phillips
The Kurdish political prisoner Pakhshan Azizi, who was sentenced to death in July on charges of “armed insurrection” and “membership of opposition groups,” is now at imminent risk of execution, according to...
Iranian Abedini Arrested in Italy Returns Home
By Angelo Amante and Emilio Parodi
ROME, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Iranian businessman Mohammad Abedini, who had been detained in Italy on a U.S. warrant, on Sunday left jail and returned to Iran after Rome's justice minister filed to...
Italian Reporter in Iran Is Hostage to the Regime, Says Richard Ratcliffe
By Natasha Phillips
The detention of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala by the Islamic Republic on December 19 is an act of hostage taking, and nothing to do with press freedom, said Richard Ratcliffe, husband of the...
