Thursday, November 14, 2024

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...

EU, Stockholm Say Swedish Citizen Held in Iran

STOCKHOLM, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Sweden and the European Union Commission on Monday said a Swedish national is being detained in Iran - the latest known case of a foreign national being held in Iran amid political tensions with the...

Suicide Rates in Iran Have Soared 40% In Last Decade

By Kayhan Life staff Suicides in Iran have seen a 40 percent increase over the past decade, primarily due to economic conditions and the cost-of-living crisis, the Etemad newspaper reports. Official statistics reveal a rise in...

Iranian Protest Songs Are Galvanizing the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ Revolution 

By Ahmad Rafat The Iranian authorities arrested singer, musician, and activist Mehdi Yarrahi on Aug. 28 on the orders of the Tehran prosecutor’s office. The Judiciary had launched an investigation of Mr. Yarrahi following the...

Iranian Authorities Arrest Women Activists, Suspend Professors Ahead of Amini Anniversary

By Natasha Phillips The Iranian authorities have escalated their arrests and harassment of women’s rights campaigners ahead of the anniversary of the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Jina Amini, according to an Aug. 21 report by...

Iran’s Street Art Shows Defiance, Resistance and Resilience

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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...

Iran Official Says U.S. Should Explain Links to Convicted Dual National Sharmahd

DUBAI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - The United States should explain its links to the Iranian-German national Jamshid Sharmahd sentenced to death in Iran, Tehran's foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, adding that progress had been made in a prisoner swap deal with...

US Envoy Meets Family of Iranian-German Imprisoned in Iran

By Eric Beech and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - A U.S. envoy for Iran met on Friday with the family of Iranian-German national Jamshid Sharmahd, who was sentenced to death in February in Iran after being convicted of heading a...

Iran’s Journalists Are Prime Target In Run-Up to Mahsa Amini Anniversary

By Natasha Phillips Journalists in Iran face further ill treatment by Iranian authorities in the run-up to the one-year anniversary of Mahsa Jina Amini’s death, according to Yegi Rezaian, the senior Middle East and North Africa researcher for the...