EU Sanctions More Individuals, Telecom Firm Over Rights Violations in Iran
LUXEMBOURG, April 24 (Reuters) - The European Union imposed sanctions on Monday on eight Iranians and a mobile telecommunications provider in its latest effort to target individuals and organisations it holds responsible for human rights abuses in Iran.
The...
America’s Anti-Iran Push May Get Harder With Nuclear Deal Pullout
By Phil Stewart
WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - The United States risks greater isolation and unpredictability in its anti-Iran drive after President Donald Trump opted to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal despite warnings...
Iran Expected to Scrap Ban on Women Passing Nationality to Children
By Emma Batha
THE HAGUE, June 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Iran plans to scrap a law banning women from passing their nationality to their children, which human rights experts said could help thousands of children living...
International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) Supports Iran’s Truck Drivers’ Strike: Interview with Dr....
By Nazenin Ansari
The nationwide strike by truck drivers in Iran has now entered its third week, halting freight operations and causing significant disruptions to supply chains in over 163 cities across the country. Reports...
VIDEO: Former IRGC Hostage Visits Vahid Beheshti
By Kayhan Life
Peter Moore, a British computer expert kidnapped in Iraq by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in 2007 and held captive for two-and-a-half years visited Vahid Beheshti on Friday.
Vahid Beheshti has resumed his...
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...
Jailed British-Iranian Aid Worker Ends Hunger Strike, Husband Says
LONDON, June 29 (Reuters) - Jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has ended a hunger strike in Tehran designed to push for her release, her husband told the BBC on Saturday.
Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project manager...
Chinese State Media Urges Canada to Defy U.S., Free Huawei Exec
SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Canada should distance itself from U.S. "hegemonism" and grant unconditional freedom to Meng Wanzhou, a top executive of China's Huawei detained in Vancouver on Washington's request, state-owned tabloid Global...
US State Department Condemns Human Rights Violations in Iran
By Natasha Phillips
U.S. State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce has condemned the Islamic Republic’s human rights record, and called the Islamic Republic “one of the world’s worst violators of human rights.”
“The regime is one of...
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...
