Iranian Women Riding Bicycles Are Not Breaching Islamic Laws, Cleric Says
By Reza Hamidi
Women who ride bicycles in public do not violate any religious laws, Hojatoleslam Mohammad Taghi Fazel Meybodi, a religious scholar and an instructor at the Qom Seminary, has said.
In comments reported by...
Iran Guardian Council Ratifies Child, Adolescent Protection Act After Romina Killing
By Azadeh Karimi
Iran’s Guardian Council has ratified the Child and Adolescent Protection Act, turning it into law -- nine years after the bill was first sent to the Majlis (Iranian Parliament), according to the...
Iranian Nurses Fearing Job Loss to Complain to Country’s Administrative Court
By Roshanak Astaraki
Some 536 nurses who were hired on an 89-day fixed-term contract during the peak of the coronavirus epidemic in the northern province of Gilan, and who are now in danger of losing...
Iranian Athletes No Longer Need Law Banning Competition With Israelis, MP Says
By Hamed Mohammadi
There is no need to pass a new bill into law banning Iranian athletes from facing Israeli opponents in international competitions because they do it out of their own free will, Mojtaba...
Iranians Petition to Demand Justice for Slain Protesters
By Roshanak Astaraki
A petition has been circulating online since early May encouraging Iranians to support the “Justice Campaign” officially launched on April 24 by Manouchehr Bakhtiari, the father of Pooya Bakhtiari, a 26-year-old man...
Iranian Authorities Arrest Science Olympiad Winners, Rights Group Says
By Azadeh Karimi
On April 10, plainclothes security police arrested two Science Olympiad medal winners, Amir Hossein Moradi and Ali Younesi, at their homes in Tehran on unspecified charges, the human rights group, Campaign to...
Iran Extends Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Temporary Release – Lawyer
DUBAI, April 21 (Reuters) - Iran's judiciary has extended British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's temporary release from jail by another month, her lawyer told state news agency IRNA on Tuesday.
In mid-March, Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 40, was temporarily...
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Is Eligible for Conditional Release, Lawyer Says
By Reza Hamidi
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a 41-year-old Iranian-British aid worker who has been serving a five-year prison sentence for allegedly “plotting to overthrow the Iranian regime,” could be eligible for conditional release under Article 58...
Iranian Companies Can Trade with 50 Swiss-based Exporters, Official Says
By Reza Hamidi
Iranian companies will soon be able to buy food products, medicine, and medical equipment from a list of 50 Swiss-based exporters, using a payment channel approved by the U.S. Treasury Department, according...
EXCLUSIVE – Newly Obtained Documents Show Huawei Role in Shipping Prohibited U.S. Gear to...
By Steve Stecklow
LONDON, March 2 (Reuters) - China’s Huawei Technologies, which for years has denied violating American trade sanctions on Iran, produced internal company records in 2010 that show it was directly involved in sending...
