Topic
Tag: IRan
-
Iran Tries to Abolish Death Penalty for trafficking as it Wrestles with Rising Drug Charges
Iranian parliament’s Judicial Commission spokesperson has announced that this commission has agreed with a proposal to reduce death penalty to 30 years in prison…
-
No Promise of Release for Detained Dual British Citizen in Iran
One year after the arrest of Iranian-British citizen Nazanin Zaghari in Iran, British government once more urged the Islamic Republic authorities to release her.…
-
Iranian Chess Players Condemned by Country’s Chess Federation
Two Iranian chess contenders participating in the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival earlier this month have drawn fire from Iran’s Chess Federation; one for appearing…
-
Hundreds of Workers Protest in front of Iran Parliament
Hundreds of retired teachers, social workers, the workers of Telecommunication Company of Iran (Mokhaberat), as well as private sector contractors who had work for…
-
Are Executions by Stoning Back in Iran?
A court in Lorestan province of Iran has convicted a man and a woman of adultery and has punished them to execution by stoning.
-
Sweatshop Workers in Collapsed Building in Iran Left Without Jobs
The 17-story building that collapsed on 19 Jan in Tehran, Iran, was home to 560 small business units, many of them repairing workshops and…
-
Building on fire collapsed in Tehran; many firefighters are feared dead
An iconic high rise on fire has collapsed in Iran killing at least 30 firefighters. Built in 1964, Plasco building was one the first…
-
Iran executes a juvenile offender
Two young prisoners were executed for committing murder in Iran, one of them a juvenile offender who had carries out the crime when he…
-
Jailed children rights activist refuses to end hunger strike in Iranian prison
Saeed Shirzad, Iranian activist and member of Society against Child Labour has been on hunger strike for 29 days.
-
Model Arrested, Bare Protester Condemned, Prosecutor Says
A foreign model who had traveled to Iran to undergo plastic surgery has been arrested, Tehran Prosecutor Mahmoud Jafari Dowlatabadi announced.
-
Saeed Mortazavi and Zahra Kazemi’s Unresolved File
by: Fareshteh Ghazi There are currently five open cases against Tehran’s Former Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi; however, after 14 years he has still not been…
-
Iran to discuss human rights issues with EU
Iran has recently entered a round of negotiations with the European Community representatives over human rights issues.