Pressure Builds on Iran’s Rouhani as Parliament Targets Two More Ministers
LONDON, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Iranian lawmakers launched impeachment proceedings against the education minister on Wednesday, ramping up pressure on the president who is under unprecedented attack from parliament over his handling of the...
Jailed US Resident Excluded From Iran Hostage Deal Begins Hunger Strike, His Son Says
By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis
WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - A U.S. permanent resident detained in Iran since 2016 has begun a hunger strike in protest of his exclusion from last week's deal between Washington and...
Iranian Protesters Are Making Demands in Charters and Bills of Rights
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Iran Sentences Man to Death for Spying for the CIA
DUBAI, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Iranian courts have sentenced one person to death for spying for the CIA and jailed two others for 10 years for the same crime, as well as imprisoning a fourth...
Iranian Chess Referee Spars with Governing Body over Women’s Solidarity
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber
GENEVA, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Iranian chess referee Shohreh Bayat says a gesture of solidarity with female compatriots at a tournament in Iceland has caused a feud with the game's global body and seen...
Families of People Held Hostage in Iran Unite to Call for Action
By Belinda Goldsmith
NEW YORK, Sept 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The families of people detained in Iran on false charges joined forces for the first time on Wednesday to call on world leaders meeting...
Iranian Ski Coach Samira Zargari Banned By Husband From Leaving Iran
By Kayhan Life Staff
The husband of Samira Zargari, the Iranian National Women’s Alpine Ski Team coach, banned her from traveling with the team to Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on Feb. 17, to compete in the...
Iran Says New Sanctions Would Not Stifle Its Oil Industry
By Parisa Hafezi
ANKARA, May 7 (Reuters) - The Iranian oil industry will continue to develop even if the United States pulls out of the 2015 nuclear deal, and Tehran would see the accord as...
UN Human Rights Council to Hold First-Ever Special Session on Iran
By Natasha Phillips
The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on Nov. 24 to address “the deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran,” according to a council press release....
Iran Executes Individual Accused of Spying for Israel, News Agency Says
DUBAI, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Iran executed on Saturday an individual accused of spying for Israel, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported on Sunday citing an Iranian prosecutor.
The individual had links to the Israeli intelligence service...
