UK Sanctions Russian and Iranian Officials, Citing Human Rights Abuses
By Andrew MacAskill and William James
LONDON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Britain on Friday announced sanctions against 30 people worldwide, including Russian and Iranian officials, targeting those it deems responsible for acts of torture, sexual violence, and the...
France Says EU To Add New Iran Sanctions on Human Rights, Drone Supplies
PARIS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The European Union is set to agree new sanctions targeting Iran over human rights abuses in its crackdown on protesters in the country and the supply of drones to Russia, France's foreign ministry...
UK Parliament Discontinues Iran Evidence Session Because of Security Threat
By Natasha Phillips
An evidence session in the British Parliament about Iran and the recent protests in the country was cancelled following threats made to a witness, according to the lawmaker and Foreign Affairs Select...
UK Minister Says ‘Outraged’ by News Iran’s Government Has Executed a Protester
LONDON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - British foreign minister James Cleverly said on Thursday he was "outraged" by the news that Iran had executed a protester over recent anti-government unrest.
"The world cannot turn a blind eye to the abhorrent...
Iran’s Regime Holds First Execution Over Anti-Government Protests
DUBAI, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Iran hanged a man on Thursday convicted of injuring a security guard with a knife and blocking a street in Tehran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency said, the first such execution...
ANALYSIS: Disbanding Morality Police Won’t Stop Iranians Urging Regime Change
By Ahmad Rafat
International media have reported extensively on recent ambiguous comments by Iran’s Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, suggesting that the country had disbanded its morality police (the Guidance patrol).
Mr. Montazeri made those comments...
Khamenei Calls for Overhaul of Iran’s Cultural System
DUBAI, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Iran’s Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Tuesday called for "revolutionary reconstruction of the country's cultural system", state media reported, as nationwide protests kept up pressure on the authorities.
"It is necessary...
Sister of Iran’s Supreme Leader Condemns His Rule, Urges Revolutionary Guards To Disarm –...
DUBAI, Dec 7 (Reuters) - A sister of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has condemned his crackdown on nationwide protests and called on the widely-feared Revolutionary Guards to lay down their weapons, according to...
Jailed Iranian Teacher Says He Was Chained to Hospital Bed For 12 Days
By Kayhan Life Staff
Authorities transferred Jafar Ebrahimi, an imprisoned Iranian teacher, to a hospital in Tehran on Nov. 15, where he was reportedly chained to a bed for 12 days while receiving medical care.
In...
ANALYSIS: Execution Is Islamic Republic’s Preferred Way to Silence Unrest
By Kayhan Life Staff
Execution of ordinary citizens, whose only crime is to demand their inalienable civic, legal, and human rights, has been the Islamic Republic’s method of choice to silence protests in the past...
