Death Sentence for Anti-Government Protests Violates Sharia Law – Cleric
DUBAI, Dec 9 (Reuters) - A prominent dissenting Sunni cleric on Friday said the death sentence of an Iranian protester involved in anti-government unrest violated sharia law, as President Ebrahim Raisi promised to press on with...
Australia Imposes Sanctions on Iran Over Human Rights Violations
SYDNEY, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Australia's foreign minister said on Saturday the government would place targeted sanctions on Russia and Iran in response to what it called "egregious" human rights violations.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in...
UK Sanctions Russian and Iranian Officials, Citing Human Rights Abuses
By Andrew MacAskill and William James
LONDON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Britain on Friday announced sanctions against 30 people worldwide, including Russian and Iranian officials, targeting those it deems responsible for acts of torture, sexual violence, and the...
France Says EU To Add New Iran Sanctions on Human Rights, Drone Supplies
PARIS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The European Union is set to agree new sanctions targeting Iran over human rights abuses in its crackdown on protesters in the country and the supply of drones to Russia, France's foreign ministry...
UK Parliament Discontinues Iran Evidence Session Because of Security Threat
By Natasha Phillips
An evidence session in the British Parliament about Iran and the recent protests in the country was cancelled following threats made to a witness, according to the lawmaker and Foreign Affairs Select...
ANALYSIS: Disbanding Morality Police Won’t Stop Iranians Urging Regime Change
By Ahmad Rafat
International media have reported extensively on recent ambiguous comments by Iran’s Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, suggesting that the country had disbanded its morality police (the Guidance patrol).
Mr. Montazeri made those comments...
Khamenei Calls for Overhaul of Iran’s Cultural System
DUBAI, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Iran’s Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Tuesday called for "revolutionary reconstruction of the country's cultural system", state media reported, as nationwide protests kept up pressure on the authorities.
"It is necessary...
Jailed Iranian Teacher Says He Was Chained to Hospital Bed For 12 Days
By Kayhan Life Staff
Authorities transferred Jafar Ebrahimi, an imprisoned Iranian teacher, to a hospital in Tehran on Nov. 15, where he was reportedly chained to a bed for 12 days while receiving medical care.
In...
Iranian City Shops Shut After Strike Call, Judiciary Blames ‘Rioters’
DUBAI, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Iranian shops shut their doors in several cities on Monday, following calls for a three-day nationwide general strike from protesters seeking the fall of clerical rulers, with the head of the judiciary...
Iran Protesters Call for Strike, Prosecutor Says Morality Police Shut Down
DUBAI, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Protesters in Iran called on Sunday for a three-day strike this week, stepping up pressure on authorities after the public prosecutor said the morality police whose detention of a young woman...
