Murdered Taxi Passenger Elaheh Hosseinnejad Was Raped, Reports Say
By Natasha Phillips
News agencies are claiming that Elaheh Hosseinnejad -- a 24-year-old woman who went missing last month after using a taxi service -- was raped before her murder. They are basing their claims...
Rouhani’s Call For Referendum Draws Sharp Criticism From the Right
February 14, 2018 In a speech marking the 39th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution on February 11, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the referendum was the only way out of the current crisis. Rouhani...
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 Pardons 90,000 People Arrested During Nationwide Protests
By Kayhan Life Staff
Mohammad Mosaddegh Kahnamoui, the first deputy to Iran’s Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, said on June 18 that 90,000 people arrested since the start of the nationwide protests in September 2022 had...
Canada Launches 58-Nation Initiative to Stop Arbitrary Detentions
By David Ljunggren
OTTAWA, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Canada on Monday launched a 58-nation initiative to stop countries from detaining foreign citizens for diplomatic leverage, a practice that Ottawa and Washington say China and others...
Belgium Debates Contentious Prisoner Swap Treaty With Tehran
By Philip Blenkinsop
BRUSSELS, July 5 (Reuters) - Belgian lawmakers on Tuesday debated a prisoner exchange treaty with Tehran. Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne urged the foreign relations committee of Belgium's lower house to back an accord...
Iran Barred from International Financial System After Blacklisting by FATF
By Ahmad Rafat
On February 21, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) blacklisted Iran for failing to enact the Palermo Convention, the Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) acts.
The decision came...
Iran’s Government Installs Cameras in Public Sites To Identify Unveiled Women -Police Statement
April 8 (Reuters) - In a further attempt to rein in the increasing number of women defying Iran's compulsory dress code, authorities are installing cameras in public places and thoroughfares to identify and penalise unveiled women, the police...
Husband of Iranian Rights Lawyer Arrested – Amnesty
GENEVA, Sept 4 (Reuters) - The husband of detained Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was himself arrested on Tuesday, Amnesty International said.
There was no immediate comment from Iranian authorities, and Reuters was not...
Nuclear Test Ban Monitor Says He Sees Hope of Iran Joining Treaty
By Tom Miles
GENEVA, April 23 (Reuters) - Iran may be interested in joining a key nuclear treaty if the United States withdraws its threat to rip up an existing deal on Tehran's nuclear ambitions,...
