Protestors Chant Anti-regime Slogans Over Iranian Building Collapse
May 31 (Reuters) - Protesters in several cities in Iran chanted anti-government slogans overnight, including "death to Khamenei", over a deadly building collapse in the southwest of the country, videos posted on social media showed.
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Officials said the death...
Violence Mars Iran’s Day of Mourning for Building-Collapse Victims
DUBAI, May 30 (Reuters) - A day of national mourning to commemorate victims of a collapsed building in the Iranian city of Abadan turned violent over the weekend, as demonstrators clashed with police, according to videos of...
Iran Security Forces Fire Shots at Protestors Over Building Collapse as Death Toll Rises
DUBAI, May 28 (Reuters) - Iranian police used tear gas and fired shots in the air to disperse another night of protests over a deadly building collapse in the southwestern city of Abadan that officials are...
No Dogs, No Men – Iranian Capital Imposes Gender Segregation
Men are being denied entry into some public areas in Tehran in order to abide by strict segregation rules imposed by the Iranian government. According to locals, a sexually abusive gender segregation plan has arrived...
Iran Ramps up Arrests of Foreign Nationals Amid Political Tensions With the West
By Natasha Phillips
Human rights organisation Amnesty International said it had “mounting evidence” that Iran’s government had engaged in hostage taking through its detention of Iranian-Swedish researcher Ahmadreza Djalali. Amnesty International made the comment in a May...
UN Rights Office Urges Iran to Halt Imminent Execution of Swedish-Iranian Academic
LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights office's spokesperson on Tuesday urged Iran to halt the imminent execution of Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali and reverse his death sentence.
Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency has reported that Djalali,...
Soaring Bread Prices Spark Protests and Shop Fires in Iran – IRNA
DUBAI, May 13 (Reuters) - Soaring bread prices have triggered protests in Iran in which some shops were set on fire, prompting police to arrest scores of "provocateurs", the official IRNA news agency said on Friday.
The...
Iran Arrests 2 Europeans for Fomenting “Social Disorder”-ISNA
DUBAI, May 11 (Reuters) - Iran's intelligence ministry said on Wednesday it had arrested two European nationals for their alleged role in "the organization of insecurity" in the Islamic Republic, Iran's semi-official Students News Agency ISNA reported.
The pair were arrested...
Iranian Official Stands Trial In a Court in Sweden
By Ahmad Rafat (in Stockholm)
May 4 marked a remarkable day in the Iranian nation’s historic quest for justice when a court in Stockholm concluded trial proceedings for an Iranian national, Hamid Nouri, accused of...
Iran’s Judiciary Says Iranian-Swedish Djalali’s Execution Will Be Carried Out
DUBAI, May 10 (Reuters) - The death sentence of Swedish-Iranian national Ahmadreza Djalali is on the agenda and will be carried out, Iran's judiciary spokesperson Zabihollah Khodaian said on Tuesday, without giving a date as to when...
