Iran’s Government Steps up Internet Crackdown One Year After Mahsa Amini Death
By Sanam Mahoozi
Sept 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - One year after young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died in police custody while under arrest for improper hijab, Iran has stepped up internet restrictions to stop a resurgence...
EU’s Josep Borrell Faces Attacks In European Parliament On Iran Policy
By Natasha Phillips
The European Union’s High Representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Josep Borrell, was criticized by dozens of European lawmakers over the EU’s stance on Iran, during a Sep. 12 debate at...
US Will Have Ability to Freeze Iranian Funds Transferred to Qatar if Needed
WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - If necessary, the United States will have the ability to freeze $6 billion in Iranian funds being transferred from South Korean to Qatari accounts as part of a prisoner swap deal, the...
Iran, US on Verge of Prisoner Swap Under Qatar-Mediated Deal
By Parisa Hafezi and Andrew Mills
DUBAI/DOHA, Sept 10 (Reuters) - When $6 billion of unfrozen Iranian funds are wired to banks in Qatar as early as next week, it will trigger a carefully choreographed sequence that will...
South Korea Says It’s Making Efforts to Transfer Iran’s Frozen Funds
SEOUL, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Efforts are under way to transfer Iran's funds that had been frozen in South Korea, foreign minister Park Jin said, after Teheran reached a deal with the United States to release American citizens...
Canada to Deny Temporary Residency to Ex-Iran Minister Reportedly Seen in Montreal
By Kanishka Singh
Aug 28 (Reuters) - Canada will deny temporary residency to Iran's former health minister Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi, Canadian Immigration Minister Marc Miller said on Monday, citing Tehran's human rights record, after Hashemi was reportedly...
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...
Canada Targets Senior Iran Officials With New Sanctions
OTTAWA, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Canada on Tuesday imposed new Iran-related sanctions targeting seven people who Ottawa accused of being involved in activities threatening international peace and security, according to a statement from the Canadian foreign ministry.
The...
Amnesty International Reports on Iran’s Crackdown to Enforce Hijab, Including Vehicle Confiscation
By Natasha Phillips
More than a million women have been threatened with confiscation of their vehicles since April 15, after surveillance cameras caught them driving without their headscarves on, Amnesty International said.
The findings, published in a...
Protester Ahmad Batebi, Face of Iran’s 1999 Revolt, Speaks to Kayhan Life
By Ahmad Rafat
Tehran University students staged a mass protest on July 9, 1999, after the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence shut down the Salam newspaper for publishing a secret memo by the former deputy intelligence...
