Europe Demand for More Talks Does Not Help Iran Nuclear Deal, Cleric Says
Sept 4 (Reuters) - Europe is not helping preserve the agreement on Iran's nuclear programme by asking for additional negotiations on issues like missiles, Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, a powerful anti-Western cleric, said Tuesday, according...
Husband of Iranian Rights Lawyer Arrested – Amnesty
GENEVA, Sept 4 (Reuters) - The husband of detained Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was himself arrested on Tuesday, Amnesty International said.
There was no immediate comment from Iranian authorities, and Reuters was not...
Tehran University Photography Student Jailed For Seven Years
Parisa Rafiei, a 21-year old photography student at Tehran University, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court.
The security forces arrested Ms. Rafiei at a protest on...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Pardons or Reduces Sentences for 615 Prisoners
Aug 30 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pardoned or reduced the sentences for 615 prisoners on Thursday, according to Mizan, the news site of the Iranian judiciary.
The move comes during the...
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...
Iran Parliament Censures Rouhani in Sign Pragmatists Losing Sway
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin
LONDON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Iran's parliament voted on Tuesday to reject President Hassan Rouhani's explanations for economic hardship after a dramatic grilling on live TV, a sign his pragmatic faction is...
Sufi Website’s Reporters Sentenced to Jail, Flogging in Iran
Revolutionary Tribunals in Iran have handed down lengthy jail sentences to dozens of reporters working with Majzooban-e Noor (www.majzooban.org), an independent news website for the Nematollahi Gonabadi Sufi Order, according to Reporters Without Borders...
Iran’s Parliament Blames Rouhani for Economic Troubles, Refers Him to Judiciary
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin
LONDON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Pressures mounted on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday as lawmakers summoned him to answer questions on weak economic growth and rising prices, but the parliament was...
US: Iran Misusing World Court with Suit Aimed at Lifting Sanctions
By Stephanie van den Berg
THE HAGUE, Aug 28 (Reuters) - U.S. lawyers urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday to dismiss an Iranian lawsuit calling for a lifting of U.S. sanctions against...
World Court Hears Iran Lawsuit to Have U.S. Sanctions Lifted
By Stephanie van den Berg
THE HAGUE, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Iranian lawyers will ask the International Court of Justice on Monday to order the United States to lift sanctions ordered by the Trump administration...
