Iranian Court Says Women Can Get Motorcycle Licenses
Iranian Traffic Police have challenged a recent ruling by Branch 31 of the country’s Administrative Court, which allows women to get motorcycle licenses, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) has reported.
“No legal obstacles prevent...
Iran’s Human Rights Violations Denounced by U.K. Minority Rights Group
By Natasha Phillips
Iran's policy of prioritizing its national security goals has led it to commit human rights violations, according to a new report published by Minority Rights Group International, a U.K.-based nongovernmental organization that...
Iranian Blogger Couple Sentenced to Prison on Security Charges
DUBAI, Feb 1 (Reuters) - An Iranian couple who appeared in a video dancing romantically have been jailed for 10-1/2 years each on charges of indecency and threatening national security, the activist HRANA news agency said, though...
Women Arrested in Southwestern Iran for Defying Hijab Law
The authorities in the southwestern Iranian town of Dezful (in Khuzestan) have arrested 11 women for violating the hijab law, according to Hassan Dezfuli, the head of the local office for vice prevention.
Mr. Dezfuli...
Iranian Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Receives Award for Campaign Against Death Penalty
By Ahmad Rafat
The Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, was awarded the Robert Badinter Award at the 8th World Congress Against the Death Penalty on Nov. 18 in Berlin.
The event was sponsored by the...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Pardons or Reduces Sentences for 615 Prisoners
Aug 30 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pardoned or reduced the sentences for 615 prisoners on Thursday, according to Mizan, the news site of the Iranian judiciary.
The move comes during the...
U.S. Judge Orders $1.68 Bln Payout to Families Over 1983 Beirut Bombing
By Jody Godoy
March 22 (Reuters) - A federal judge in New York ordered Iran's central bank and a European intermediary on Wednesday to pay out $1.68 billion to family members of troops killed in the 1983 car...
Sufi Website’s Reporters Sentenced to Jail, Flogging in Iran
Revolutionary Tribunals in Iran have handed down lengthy jail sentences to dozens of reporters working with Majzooban-e Noor (www.majzooban.org), an independent news website for the Nematollahi Gonabadi Sufi Order, according to Reporters Without Borders...
Tehran’s Plan to Enforce Hijab Law With Facial Recognition Technology Proves Unworkable
By Natasha Phillips
A government proposal to use facial recognition technology to target women who infringe Iran’s compulsory hijab law is unworkable, according to the Tehran-based newspaper Hamshahri Online.
The proposal was discredited after it was...
Iran Ousted From U.N. Women’s Body After U.S. Campaign
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Iran was ousted from a United Nations women's body on Wednesday for policies contrary to the rights of women and girls, a move proposed by the United States after...
