Separated by Travel Ban, Iranian Families Reunite at Border Library
By Yeganeh Torbati
DERBY LINE, VERMONT/STANSTEAD, QUEBEC, Nov 28 (Reuters) - During the six-hour drive from New York City to a tiny town in northern Vermont, Iranian student Shirin Estahbanati cried at the thought of seeing...
UK Parliament Discontinues Iran Evidence Session Because of Security Threat
By Natasha Phillips
An evidence session in the British Parliament about Iran and the recent protests in the country was cancelled following threats made to a witness, according to the lawmaker and Foreign Affairs Select...
Countries Request U.N. Human Rights Debate on Iran – Document
GENEVA, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Germany and Iceland submitted a request on Friday on behalf of dozens of countries to hold a special session at the U.N. Human Rights Council on the ongoing protests in Iran later this...
Greek Court Overturns Decision on U.S. Seizure of Iranian Oil Cargo – Sources
ATHENS, June 8 (Reuters) - A Greek court on Wednesday overturned an earlier court ruling that allowed the confiscation by the United States of part of a cargo of Iranian oil on an Iranian-flagged tanker off the Greek...
Soccer-England to Take Knee, Kane to Wear One Love Armband Against Iran
By Martyn Herman
DOHA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - England will take the knee and captain Harry Kane will wear the One Love armband at their opening match of the World Cup against Iran on Monday, manager Gareth Southgate confirmed...
An Open Letter To Amnesty International on Oberlin College’s Appointment of Mohammad Jafar Mahallati
An open letter to Amnesty International on Oberlin college's appointment of Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, signed by Lawdan Bazargan and Kaveh Shahrooz.
In 2018, Amnesty International published a groundbreaking report on the Iranian government’s thirty years of...
U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Iran Central Bank Governor
By Lesley Wroughton
WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Iran's central bank governor and an Iraq-based bank for "moving millions of dollars" for Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard, as Washington seeks...
EU Can Proscribe Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Without Delay, Lawyers Say
By Natasha Phillips
Seven Iranian-born attorneys based in France have signed a letter on June 9 indicating that the European Union can designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization without delay, and without...
Iraq to Ask U.S. for Exemptions on Some Iran Sanctions
By Ahmed Rasheed and Ahmed Aboulenein
BAGHDAD, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Iraq's economy is so closely linked to Iran that Baghdad is going to ask Washington for permission to ignore some U.S. sanctions on its neighbour,...
A U.N.-Led Call to End Violence Against Women and Girls
November 25 marks the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The theme of this year’s event is “Leave No One Behind: End Violence Against Women And Girls.”
The physical, emotional...
