Member of Iran’s Bahai Community Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
On December 16, a Revolutionary Court in Iran sentenced Yekta Fahandezh-Saadi, a member of the Bahai community in Shiraz, capital of the southern province of Fars, to 11 years in prison. The court found...
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...
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...
Iran Puts Two Female Reporters on Trial; Reporters Without Borders Urges Release
By Natasha Phillips
Two female journalists, Elahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi, have gone on trial behind closed doors in Tehran’s revolutionary courts after they were accused of having ties with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Mohammadi and Hamedi have...
EU Leaders Struggle To Save Iran Economic Ties From US Sanctions
By Gabriela Baczynska
SOFIA, May 16 (Reuters) - European Union leaders agreed on Wednesday to try to keep the Iran nuclear deal alive and maintain their reviving economic cooperation with Tehran after U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew...
Iran Insists It Has Released All High-School Students Arrested in November Protests
By Azadeh Karimi
None of the high school students reportedly arrested by the security forces during the November protests over rising fuel prices are in prison any longer, the Minister of Education Mohsen Haji Mirzaei...
Iran’s Judiciary Says More Than 1,000 Indictments in Tehran Made Over Protests
DUBAI, Nov 8 (Reuters) - More than 1,000 indictments related to recent "riots" have been issued in Tehran province, judiciary spokesperson Masoud Setayeshi said on Tuesday.
Since the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran's...
France Says EU To Add New Iran Sanctions on Human Rights, Drone Supplies
PARIS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The European Union is set to agree new sanctions targeting Iran over human rights abuses in its crackdown on protesters in the country and the supply of drones to Russia, France's foreign ministry...
Iran Admits 200 Women to Friendly Football Match As Debate Rages On
Kayhan London - Authorities in Tehran allowed female football fans to attend a friendly match between the Iranian and Bolivian national teams on October 16 at Azadi Stadium. The move was in response to...
UN Rights Chief: Full-Fledged Crisis Underway in Iran
GENEVA, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights chief on Thursday made a strong appeal to Iranian authorities to stop their "unnecessary and disproportionate" use of force against protesters in Iran in a speech to the Human Rights Council on...
