Iran Lawmakers Demand Severe Punishment for Demonstrators as Protests Rage
DUBAI, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Hardline Iranian lawmakers urged the judiciary on Sunday to "deal decisively" with perpetrators of unrest, as the Islamic Republic struggles to suppress the biggest show of dissent in years.
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Widespread anti-government demonstrations...
Iranian Human Rights Lawyers Criticise Clerical Leaders Amid Unrest
DUBAI, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Forty prominent Iranian human rights lawyers have publicly criticised the country's clerical rulers, saying they will fall because protesters across the country are no longer afraid of violent crackdowns.
"The government is still...
Iran’s Parliament Passes Bill to Raise Wages of Armed Forces, Police Personnel
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Majlis (Iranian Parliament) has passed an amendment to the government’s 2022-23 budget bill, increasing the salaries of police and armed forces personnel by 20 percent, the Islamic Republic News Agency...
Canada Imposes Fresh Iran Sanctions Over Human Rights Violations
Oct 31 (Reuters) - Canada on Monday imposed fresh sanctions on Iran, marking the fourth package of sanctions it has implemented for alleged human rights violations in that country, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
The latest...
EU Examines Classifying Iran Revolutionary Guards as Terrorists – Germany
BERLIN, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Germany and the European Union are examining whether to classify Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Sunday.
"I made it clear last week that we will...
EXCLUSIVE – United States to Put United Nations Focus on Iran Protests
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The United States will next week put the United Nations spotlight on protests in Iran sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody and look for ways...
U.N. Lawyer Pushes Back on Russian Row Over Iran Drone Inquiry
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 26 (Reuters) - The chief U.N. lawyer on Wednesday pushed back on a Russian argument that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres cannot report to the Security Council on Western accusations that Moscow used Iran-made...
UN Expert on Iran to Hold Human Rights Briefing Amid Nationwide Protests
By Natasha Phillips
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman, will hold a briefing at the UN’s headquarters in New York on Oct. 27 to address the state of human...
Argentina Asks Qatar to Detain Top Iranian Official Accused of Jewish Center Attack
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Argentina's justice department has asked Qatar to arrest a top Iranian official for his alleged participation in a 1994 attack on a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85...
US Court Orders Iran to Pay Damages to Family of Late Journalist Siamak Pourzand
By Natasha Phillips
The Iranian government was ordered to pay $34.8 million in damages by a US court for imprisoning and torturing the journalist Siamak Pourzand, who subsequently took his own life while under house arrest.
The sentence was handed down by a court in the...
