New Iran Law Could Make Arbitrary Detention Easier, Richard Ratcliffe Says
By Natasha Phillips
A new law in Iran that transfers the power to grant and revoke lawyers’ licenses from the Iranian Bar Association (IBA) to the judiciary could make it easier for the government to detain...
Iran Has Curbed Illegal Sale of Birth Certificates, Spokesman Says
By Azadeh Karimi
Iran's new online identity verification system has stopped the illegal sale of birth certificates and national identity cards belonging to drug addicts and deceased people, according to Seifollah Aboutorabi, the Spokesman for...
EU Edges Closer to New Iran Sanctions Ahead of Trump Deadline, Envoys Say
France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (L) and European High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini attend an European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium, January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman
By Robin Emmott and...
UN Iran Expert Concerned About Death Sentences for Protesters
By Emma Farge
GENEVA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - A U.N.-appointed independent expert on Iran voiced concern on Tuesday that the repression of protesters was intensifying, with authorities launching a "campaign" of sentencing them to death.
The U.N. says more than...
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ‘Paying the Price’ for UK Debt To Iran, Lawmaker Says
By Natasha Phillips
A new case brought against Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in Iran is linked to the British government’s failure to address a debt the UK owes Iran, Tulip Siddiq, a member of Britain’s parliament has...
Iran Has Among the World’s Worst Gender Equality Records, OECD Says
Iran has the worst workplace gender gap record after Pakistan and Yemen, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
In a report released on March 8 to mark International Women’s Day, the...
UK Warns British-Iranian Dual Nationals over Travel to Iran
LONDON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Britain on Wednesday advised British-Iranian dual nationals against all but essential travel to Iran, tightening up its existing travel advice and warning it has only limited powers to support...
Football Fans Clash in Iran, 144 Injured
Violent clashes left 144 football fans injured after a semi-final Premier League match between Persepolis F.C. and Sepahan S.C. at Isfahan’s Naghsh-e- Jahan Stadium on May 30, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported,...
French Court Approves Extradition of Iranian Engineer to U.S.
MARSEILLE, France, May 23 (Reuters) - A French court approved the extradition of an Iranian engineer to the United States to face charges of attempting to illegally import U.S. technology for military purposes on behalf...
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,...
