U.S. Calls on Iran Not to Carry Out Executions of Three People in Connection...
WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Thursday called on Iran not to carry out the executions of three people in connection with their participation in anti-government protests that spread following the death last year...
Targeted by Iran’s Regime, Author Salman Rushdie Warns of Threat to Freedom of Expression...
By Farouq Suleiman
LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - Novelist Salman Rushdie has warned that countries in the West face the most severe threats to freedom of expression and freedom to publish in his lifetime, speaking nine months...
ANALYSIS: Iran Has Executed 225 People Since Late March
By Ahmad Rafat
The Islamic Republic of Iran has conducted 70 executions in the space of two weeks. It is hanging people at the rate of three a day. Iranian authorities have executed 225 people...
Iran Frees Two French Citizens, Says Macron
By Dominique Vidalon
PARIS, May 12 (Reuters) - Two French citizens, Bernard Phelan and Benjamin Briere, have been freed from detention in Iran, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday.
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said in a separate statement that both men...
VIDEO: Campaigner Vahid Beheshti Talks About His Health and Hunger Strike From Hospital Bed
For over 70 days Vahid Beheshti was on hunger strike in front UK’s Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office to convince the government to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in the UK. He lost...
EU Countries Propose Russia Sanctions Targeting Iranian Firms
By Gabriela Baczynska
BRUSSELS, May 10 (Reuters) - European Union states were holding a first discussion on Wednesday on proposed new sanctions over Russia's war in Ukraine that would target Chinese and Iranian firms and allow export...
UN Rights Office: Iran Has Executed 209 People Since January, Describing Its Record As...
GENEVA, May 9 (Reuters) - Iran has executed 209 people so far this year, a spokesperson for the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday, describing its record as "abominable" and calling for them to halt.
"The U.N....
Iran Hangs Two Men for Blasphemy
DUBAI, May 8 (Reuters) - Iran has executed two people who had been sentenced to death for blasphemy, the judiciary's news website Mizan reported on Monday, drawing an angry reaction from human rights group Amnesty International.
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Yousef Mehrdad...
Iran Hangs Swedish-Iranian It Convicted Over Attack That Killed 25 People
DUBAI, May 6 (Reuters) - Iran on Saturday executed a Swedish-Iranian dissident convicted of leading an Arab separatist group accused of attacks including one on a military parade in 2018 that killed 25 people, the Iranian judiciary said.
The...
Iran’s Violence Against Women Runs Deep — And Can No Longer Be Swept Away
By Golnaz Fakhari
April 27, 2023 -Analysis-
Sexual violence, specifically rape, has been used as a tool to terrorize civilians in most, if not all, conflicts of the modern age.
Evidence gathered on rape during conflicts since...
