Human Rights Watch has called on Iran to stop executing child offenders after three people were put to death in January for crimes they committed as minors, RFERL reports. In a February 7 statement, the …
In a new sign of tensions with the United States, Iran on Tuesday reimprisoned the oldest American known to be held in that country, despite advice from its own doctors to extend his temporary leave …
An asylum seeker who fled Iran, fearing that he would be killed by the theocratic rule for converting to Christianity, has said that if he returned to Iran, he and his family would certainly be …
Attempts to persuade the Iranian judiciary to review the death sentence handed to Ahmadreza Djalali for allegedly spying on behalf of Israel have failed and his sentence is now “definitive” and could happen at any …
A man and woman from New South Wales who allegedly exported 90 tonnes of nickel alloys to Iran have become the first people in Australia ever charged with breaches of UN sanctions, ABC News reports. …
Mohammad-Reza Bahonar, a member of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council, said doctors in Iran removed the council’s chairman Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi’s kidney by mistake. Bahonar told Qanun newspaper that doctors removed Shahroudi’s healthy kidney while …
Just two weeks after the mass protests that rocked 130 cities across Iran ended, sources say, the rallies are back for round two but thousands of protesters remain illegally detained, Iran News Updates reports. The …
For weeks now, Iranian women have been engaging in small acts of defiance against the Islamic Republic’s theocrats, removing their headscarves in the streets and hoisting them on sticks. Photos and videos of the brief …
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has asked its members around the world to protest against the “harassment” of labor activists and “systematic violation” of workers’ rights in Iran. Sources have told Radio Farda that ITUC, …
Women in Iran are waving white clothes on the end of sticks — but it is an act of defiance, not surrender. During the protests that rocked Iran earlier this month, a powerful image emerged …
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