Monday, December 2, 2024

Jailed Iranian Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi’s Daughter: ‘I Miss You Dearly’

DUBAI, Oct 6 (Reuters) - "I am exceptionally proud of you, and I miss you dearly," said the daughter of imprisoned Iranian women's rights advocate Narges Mohammadi who won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. Mohammadi, 51, has sacrificed her freedom for most of...

Mohammadi’s Nobel Peace Prize Highlights Courage of Iranian Women, UN Rights Office Says

GENEVA, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Friday the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed activist Narges Mohammadi highlighted the courage and determination of Iranian...

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Mohammadi Says Global Support Makes Her ‘More Hopeful’ -NYT

DUBAI, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi said in a statement to the New York Times on Friday that global support and recognition of her human rights advocacy makes her "more...

Jailed Iranian Activist Narges Mohammadi Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

By Gwladys Fouche and Tom Little OSLO, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Imprisoned Iranian women's rights advocate Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a rebuke to Tehran's theocratic leaders and boost for anti-government protesters, prompting the Islamic Republic's condemnation. The award-making...

UK Parliament Supports Iran’s ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ Movement In Conference

By Kayhan Life Staff In a powerful show of solidarity with the “Woman Life Freedom” movement in Iran, lawmakers from all major political parties in the UK and leading British personalities met with Iranian activists,...

British-Iranian Daniel Khalife Pleads Not Guilty to Prison Escape

LONDON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - A former British soldier charged with terrorism and Official Secret Act offences pleaded not guilty on Thursday to breaking out of prison and going on the run. Prosecutors say Daniel Abed Khalife,...

UK House of Lords Marks Mahsa Amini Death With Human Rights Conference

By Natasha Phillips A conference focusing on human rights violations in Iran was held on Sep.18 in the UK House of Lords by Forward Strategy, a new UK-based consultancy promoting social justice. The event, chaired by...
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DC Protesters Gather Outside the White House to Remember Mahsa Amini’s Death in Iran

REUTERS/KL: Hundreds chanted slogans denouncing the Iranian government and calling on the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden to increase sanctions on Iran. Among them was Navid Mohebbi of The National Union For Democracy...
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Israeli Intelligence Minister Urges UK to Declare IRGC Terrorist Organization

By Kayhan Life Staff Israeli Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel was a guest speaker in the UK House of Lords on Sept. 7 at an event organized by Lord Stuart Polak CBE to honor the memory...

US, UK, Canada Issue New Iran Sanctions

By Daphne Psaledakis and Rami Ayyub WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The U.S., Britain and Canada on Friday imposed more sanctions on Iran ahead of the one-year anniversary of the death of Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini whilst in Iran's morality police custody, which sparked months of...