Iran Executes Nine People Arrested Over Planned Islamic State Attack
DUBAI, June 10 (Reuters) - Iran executed nine people it said were members of the Islamic State, state media reported on Tuesday, after their arrest in early 2018 during clashes in which three members of the Revolutionary Guards were...
International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) Supports Iran’s Truck Drivers’ Strike: Interview with Dr....
By Nazenin Ansari
The nationwide strike by truck drivers in Iran has now entered its third week, halting freight operations and causing significant disruptions to supply chains in over 163 cities across the country. Reports...
Nobel Laureate Ebadi Says UNICEF Neglects Iran’s Children
By Natasha Phillips
The prominent Iranian lawyer and Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Shirin Ebadi has accused UNICEF of being negligent over its care of vulnerable children in Iran, and has sent a letter of complaint to the United...
Islamic Republic Ordered Global Eradication of Bahá’ís in 1991, Report Says
By Natasha Phillips
A memorandum by Iran’s government issued on the instruction of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for the global eradication of the Bahá’í community, according to a May 26 report by the Geneva-based consultative body...
Iran Executes Man Accused of Spying for Israel, Mizan Reports
DUBAI, May 28 (Reuters) - A man accused of spying for Israel was executed in Iran, according to a report from judiciary news outlet Mizan on Wednesday that named the defendant as Pedram Madani.
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Iranian Filmmaker Roustayi Concerned About Return Home Despite Cautious Cannes Film
By Michaela Cabrera and Miranda Murray
CANNES, France, May 23 (Reuters) - Iranian filmmaker Saeed Roustayi said on Friday that he was careful in how he shot his Cannes Film Festival entry "Woman and Child", which never...
How Dried-Out Wetlands on the Iran-Iraq Border Threaten the Region
By Sanam Mahoozi
LONDON, May 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The dust storms that have choked Iranians and Iraqis for weeks and hospitalised thousands, are the canary in the coalmine for a complex environmental disaster unfolding in wetlands...
Director Panahi Ready to Return to Iran After Cannes to Work On Next Film
By Miranda Murray and Michaela Cabrera
CANNES, France, May 21 (Reuters) - Although he is now free to travel again after a 15-year ban, Iranian director Jafar Panahi said on Wednesday he would be returning immediately to his...
Iran Executes Man Responsible for Azerbaijan Embassy Attack
DUBAI, May 21 (Reuters) - A man charged over a fatal shooting at Azerbaijan's embassy in the Iranian capital, Tehran, was executed on Wednesday, Iran's judiciary news outlet Mizan said.
The shooting, which took place in January...
Iranian Film Director Jafar Panahi in Cannes for First Time in Over 20 Years
By Miranda Murray and Michaela Cabrera
CANNES, France, May 20 (Reuters) - Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who was barred from travelling by the government in Tehran for 15 years, appeared on the Cannes Film Festival's red carpet on Tuesday...
