International Women’s Day: Date, History and This Year’s Theme
By Josie Kao
March 8 (Reuters) - As countries around the world celebrate International Women's Day (IWD) on Wednesday, here is a look at what the global event stands for, this year's theme and the issues that...
UK Sanctions ‘Global Violators of Women’s Rights’ Including Iran
LONDON, March 8 (Reuters) - Britain on Wednesday announced a package of sanctions against what they described as 'global violators of women's rights' based in Iran, Syria, the Central African Republic and South Sudan.
The asset freezes and travel bans were...
U.S. Targets Iranian Officials for Abuse of Women, Girls
WASHINGTON, March 8 (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday it had imposed sanctions on two senior Iranian prison officials responsible for serious human rights abuses against women and girls as it marked International Women's Day.
In...
Franco-Irish Citizen Sentenced to 6.5 Years in Iran As Health Worsens – Family
PARIS, March 8 (Reuters) - Iran has sentenced Franco-Irish citizen Bernard Phelan to 6.5 years in prison for "providing information to another country", his sister said in a statement, adding that her 64-year-old brother was at risk...
Is the Poisoning of Schoolgirls in Iran a New Front in the War Against...
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Tehran Open to Prisoner Swap With Belgium
BRUSSELS/DUBAI, March 6 (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday that it was open to a prisoner swap with Belgium after the latter's Constitutional Court upheld an exchange treaty in a case that could see a convicted Iranian diplomat switched for...
Iran’s Judiciary Says Women Will Be Punished for Violating Islamic Dress Code -Irna
DUBAI, March 6 (Reuters) - Women violating the Islamic dress code will be punished, Iran's Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said on Monday according to the official IRNA news agency, reaffirming the law after months of...
Iran’s Khamenei Calls Girls’ Poisoning ‘Unforgivable’ After Activists Blame the Government
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, March 6 (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader said on Monday that poisoning schoolgirls is an "unforgivable" crime which should be punished by death if deliberate, state TV reported, amid public anger over a wave of...
Protests Break Out in Iran Over Schoolgirl Illnesses
DUBAI, March 4 (Reuters) - Worried parents protested in Iran's capital Tehran and other cities on Saturday over a wave of suspected poison attacks that have affected schoolgirls in dozens of schools, according to Iranian news agencies and...
Top Belgian Court Upholds Prisoner Exchange Treaty With Iran
By Philip Blenkinsop
BRUSSELS, March 3 (Reuters) - Belgium's Constitutional Court on Friday upheld a prisoner exchange treaty with Iran that could lead to a convicted Iranian diplomat being swapped for a jailed Belgian aid worker.
Belgian lawmakers cleared the treaty...
