Iran Sticking to Nuclear Deal, IAEA Says, Amid New U.S. Sanctions
VIENNA, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Iran is implementing its side of its nuclear deal with major powers, the U.N. atomic watchdog policing the pact reaffirmed on Thursday, two weeks after the latest wave of reimposed U.S....
Iran Executes Alleged Mossad Spy in Latest Execution, Judiciary Media Reports
DUBAI, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Iran executed a man accused of spying for Israel, the Iranian judiciary's media outlet Mizan reported on Wednesday, naming the defendant as Ali Ardestani.
Entangled in a decades-long shadow war with Israel, Iran has executed many people...
OPINION: Iranian Baha’is Deprived of Electing International Leadership
By Dr. Tahirih Danesh
Dr. Danesh is executive director of the Persia Educational Foundation, based in London, and a visiting lecturer in human rights law at the University of Roehampton in the U.K. The views...
EU Countries Are Wrong to Hire Foreign Footballers, Iranian Official Says
Ali Motahari, the Deputy Speaker of the Majlis , has criticized European Union nations for recruiting footballers born outside their countries to represent them in the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Mr. Motahari said...
U.S. Issues Fewer Student Visas to Iranians Despite Exemption
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Yeganeh Torbati
LONDON/WASHINGTON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - With offers from four American universities, Mani Rezaei Rad gave up his well-paid job with a Siemens affiliate company in Tehran last year and...
No Dogs, No Men – Iranian Capital Imposes Gender Segregation
Men are being denied entry into some public areas in Tehran in order to abide by strict segregation rules imposed by the Iranian government. According to locals, a sexually abusive gender segregation plan has arrived...
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...
EU Ministers Agree on New Package of Sanctions Against Iran
BRUSSELS, Jan 23 (Reuters) - EU ministers on Monday agreed on a new package of sanctions against Iran, the Swedish EU presidency said.
"Ministers adopted a new package of sanctions against Iran, targeting those driving the repression. The EU...
ICC Prosecutor Urges Judges to Urgently Rule on Warrants for Israeli, Hamas Officials
THE HAGUE, Aug 23 (Reuters) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court stressed the court had jurisdiction to investigate Israeli nationals and asked judges to urgently decide on arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
U.S. Targets Iranian Officials for Rights Violations, Censorship
WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday imposed sanctions on four senior Iranian law enforcement and military officials involved in crushing protests that erupted last year after an Iranian woman died in the custody...
