ANALYSIS: Iran Starts the New Year With Women’s Protests
By Ahmad Rafat
The Iranian New Year, 1401, started on March 21 with nationwide protests by women. Iranian women, who have been victims of systematic and legally sanctioned discrimination under the Islamic Republic for the...
OPINION: Iranian Trade Unionist Narges Mansouri Delivers Nowruz Message
I extend my congratulations to everyone, especially the great nation of Iran, on the occasion of the ancient feast of Nowruz and the regeneration of the planet Earth.
It is a matter of pride that...
ANALYSIS: UN Urged to Address Iran’s Human Rights Violations
By Natasha Phillips
Leading human rights organizations have called on the United Nations to address alleged human rights violations in Iran. The appeal was made in a March 24 letter addressed to member states of...
ANALYSIS: How Hostage Taking Is An Integral Part of Iran’s Foreign Policy
By Ahmad Rafat
Holding foreign nationals and Iranians with dual citizenship hostage, and demanding money or a prisoner swap for their freedom, has been an integral part of the Islamic Republic’s transactional foreign policy since...
US-UK National Moved Back to Iranian Prison, Daughter Says
LONDON, March 21 (Reuters) - An Iranian-American environmentalist who was released from an Iranian prison has been taken back to jail, one of his daughters told a news conference in London on Monday.
Britain said on Wednesday that Morad...
UK Parliament Is Urged to Open Inquiry Into Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Detention
By Natasha Phillips
Tulip Siddiq, the UK Member of Parliament representing the freed British-Iranian detainee Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, has asked the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee to review the reasons why it took six years to release her constituent.
Siddiq made the announcement at...
Britain Says US-UK National Moved From Iranian Prison to Residential Location
LONDON, March 21 (Reuters) - An Iranian-American environmentalist who has been held in an Iranian prison has now been moved to a residential location, Britain's Foreign Office said on Monday.
Morad Tahbaz, who also holds British citizenship and whose family say he was born in Britain, had...
Sister of US-UK National Still in Iran Pleads for Help
By Silvio Castellanos
MADRID, March 18 (Reuters) - The sister of an Iranian-American environmentalist made a plea for his release after two dual nationals including British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe were allowed to leave the country this...
U.S. Notes Iran’s Commitment to Furlough UK-U.S. National After His Imprisonment
WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department on Friday said anything short of an immediate furlough of Iranian-American environmentalist Morad Tahbaz, who had been taken back to an Iranian prison earlier, would be considered a...
Two Iranian Lawyers Sue Khamenei for Handling of Pandemic
By Natasha Phillips
A lawsuit brought by two Iranian lawyers has accused Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of mishandling the Coronavirus pandemic. The action was filed on March 6 in Iran.
Iran remains the Middle...
