Nobel Prize Nominee Masih Alinejad Stands Up for Iranian Women on World Hijab Day
By Natasha Phillips
Iran human rights campaigner and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Masih Alinejad revived her social media campaign “Let Us Talk” on Feb. 1 to raise awareness about women forced against their will to wear...
Protesters – And Police – Deploy Tech in Fight for Future of Iran
By Sanam Mahoozi
Nov 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Lima and her friends in Tehran fear arrest, beatings and even death by joining mass protests demanding more rights and a new leadership in Iran. But a yearning for...
Iranian Parliament Rejects Bill to Raise Age of Consent for Marriage
Kayhan London - A proposed bill on raising the age of consent for marriage to 16 and 18 for girls and boys, respectively, has been rejected by the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) and the Guardian Council,...
Iranian Actor Mohsen Afshani Arrested for Posting Provocative Video on Social Media
Police have arrested the Iranian actor and TV presenter Mohsen Afshani after he posted a video clip on his Instagram page that showed him waving a handgun and a knife while driving around in...
EXCLUSIVE- FIFA Officials to Visit Iran After Death of “Blue Girl”
By Simon Evans
MANCHESTER, England, Sept 11 (Reuters) - FIFA officials will visit Iran, following the death of a female fan who set herself on fire in protest at her arrest for attending a match, world...
U.N. Rights Council Votes to Probe Iran’s Ongoing Crackdown
GENEVA/DUBAI, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The U.N. Rights Council voted on Thursday to appoint an independent investigation into Iran's deadly repression of protests, passing the motion to cheers of activists amid an intensifying crackdown in Kurdish...
Iran Sentences Three to Death in Drive Against Economic Crimes
DUBAI, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Special courts set up in a drive against financial crime have sentenced three people to death in Iran, state television reported on Sunday, as the country faces renewed U.S....
Iran Passes Law Allowing Women to Pass Citizenship to Children
DUBAI, Oct 2 (Reuters) - A top Iranian constitutional body has approved a law allowing Iranian women to pass their nationality to their children, state media reported on Wednesday.
Human rights experts have said the measure could...
Britain Summons Iranian Envoy, Launches Security Review
LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The British government summoned Iran's most senior diplomat in London on Monday to protest what it said were serious threats against journalists living in Britain, as ministers launched a new security...
Omid Djalili Praises City of Florence’s Campaign For Release of Rapper Toomaj Salehi
By Natasha Phillips
The British-Iranian comedian Omid Djalili applauded the decision by the city of Florence to make the imprisoned Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi an honorary citizen of the city and urge the Iranian government...
