Iranian schoolgirls fall victim to poisoning, 20 hospitalized with symptoms
Apr 05, 2023, at 05:08 am
Tabriz/Iran: A group of twenty school girls were taken to the hospital in the city of Tabriz, located in northwestern Iran, following yet another poisoning attack, stated the state media.
Two Iranian women attacked with yogurt, arrested for not wearing hijab
Apr 03, 2023, at 12:23 am
Tehran: At least two women were arrested in Iran after being attacked with yogurt for suspectedly not wearing a head cover in the public.
Iran: possible crimes against humanity, absence of accountability - top rights expert
Mar 21, 2023, at 11:46 pm
New York: “The most serious human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran over the past four decades” have been committed since the death in police custody of Jina Mahsa Amini on 16 September 2022, Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran said on Monday.
Iranian border guards kill 11 Afghanistan refugees: Reports
Mar 17, 2023, at 01:24 pm
Tehran: Iranian guards have killed at least eleven Afghan nationals in the Sistan and Baluchistan province of Iran, media reports said.
School girls poisoned in Iran: Over 100 suspects arrested
Mar 13, 2023, at 12:15 am
Iranian authorities have arrested more than 100 people in connection with the recent suspected poisoning of girl students across the country, local media reports said.
Iran: Minister reveals schoolgirls were poisoned in Qom
Feb 27, 2023, at 02:14 pm
Tehran: Iran's deputy minister has revealed that the serial poisoning of female students in the religious city of Qom and other cities was 'intentional'.
At least two killed, 664 injured in 5.9-magnitude quake in northwestern Iran
Jan 29, 2023, at 06:50 pm
Tehran/UNI: At least two people were killed and 664 others injured in a 5.9-magnitude earthquake that jolted West Azarbaijan province in northwestern Iran on Saturday night, local media reported.
Jan 18, 2023, at 11:03 pm
A group of UN Special Rapporteurs condemned Iran’s arbitrary detention of Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele on Tuesday, and demanded his immediate release, after he was sentenced to a cumulative 40-year jail term by a court in Tehran.
Russia, Iran discuss bilateral ties, Syrian crisis over telephone call
Jan 12, 2023, at 05:26 pm
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi discussed bilateral relations and the situation in Syria in a phone call.
Iran court pronounces ex-official guilty of 'spying for Britain'; sentences to death
Jan 12, 2023, at 05:05 pm
Tehran: Iran's judiciary handed down a death sentence to a former Iranian Defense Ministry official on the charge of espionage against the country.
Iran executes 2 men for killing security officer during protests: Reports
Jan 07, 2023, at 11:36 pm
Tehran: Two men accused of killing a Basij officer during recent protests in Iran have been executed, Iranian media reported on Saturday.
Qassem Soleimani: Iran blacklists 60 US officials for top commander's assassination
Jan 02, 2023, at 02:30 pm
Tehran: Iranian foreign minister said nearly 60 US officials have been blacklisted by Tehran for their involvement in the assassination of top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
Women not wearing Hijab barred from services in east Iran: Authorities
Dec 27, 2022, at 12:38 am
Tehran: All facilities in Iran's eastern province of South Khorasan are no longer allowed to provide services to women not wearing hijab, provincial deputy governor Seyed Mohammad Reza Talebi said on Monday.
Dec 26, 2022, at 05:39 pm
Tehran/UNI: At least two people were killed and five others injured in a mine explosion in Iran's central Semnan Province, official news agency IRNA reported.
Iran: US sanctions violating human rights of all living there, say UN experts
Dec 21, 2022, at 10:54 pm
New York: US sanctions on Iran are resulting in harm to the country’s environment and preventing everyone there - including migrants and Afghan refugees - from fully enjoying their rights to health and life, and contributing to other factors such as rising air pollution, UN-appointed independent experts said on Tuesday.
Iran: Oscar-winning movie actor Taraneh Alidoosti arrested over anti-hijab protests
Dec 18, 2022, at 08:26 pm
Tehran/IBNS: Taraneh Alidoosti, who acted in the 2016 Oscar-winning film "The Salesman", was arrested for supporting the anti-hijab protest in Iran, AFP reported citing Tasnim news agency.
Iran removed from UN Commission on the Status of Women
Dec 16, 2022, at 05:49 pm
New York: The 54-member UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Wednesday adopted a resolution to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) for the remainder of its four-year term ending in 2026.
Iran protests on Amini's death: Second execution carried out
Dec 12, 2022, at 08:56 pm
Tehran: Iran has carried out the second execution related to the anti-government protests which has hit the nation for the past several months.
Iran: UN rights experts condemn protestor’s execution, raise alarm over detained artists
Dec 10, 2022, at 01:23 am
New York: More than a dozen UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Thursday condemned the execution of a 23-year-old Iranian artist convicted for taking part in protests, and raised general alarm over any charges that are made which carry the death penalty.
Taliban minister accuses Iran of sending former Afghan soldiers to war in Ukraine
Dec 05, 2022, at 07:01 pm
Kabul: Khalil Rahman Haqqani, the acting Afghan Minister for Refugees and Repatriation, has said that Iran is using former Afghan soldiers as a military force, media reports said on Sunday.
Iran abolishes morality police amid ongoing nationwide protests
Dec 04, 2022, at 10:27 pm
Tehran: Iranian authorities have abolished the controversial morality police amid ongoing mass protests sparked by the death of a young woman in custody, media reported, citing Iranian Attorney-General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri.
UN rights body launches Iran human rights investigation
Nov 25, 2022, at 07:38 pm
New York: Following calls from UN human rights chief Volker Türk for an independent investigation into ongoing deadly violence against protesters in Iran, the Human Rights Council has created a fact-finding mission, related to the protests that began on 16 September 2022.
Iran: 40 people killed in protests over past week – OHCHR
Nov 23, 2022, at 07:28 pm
New York: More than 40 people have been killed in Iran during the past week, including two teenagers, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.
Iran: Thousands held for peacefully protesting must be released, demands OHCHR
Nov 16, 2022, at 08:13 pm
New York: The UN human rights office, OHCHR, called on Tuesday for the immediate release of thousands of Iranian citizens who have been detained after peacefully demonstrating against the Government following the death of Mahsa Amini for breaking strict hijab rules two months ago.
Time for ‘concrete action’ by international community to hold Iran’s security forces to account
Oct 29, 2022, at 01:15 am
New York: Condemnation of the brutal and on-going crackdown of protests in Iran is “not enough”, said the UN independent human rights expert for the country on Thursday, calling for the establishment of an international investigative mechanism.
Iran: 'World's dirtiest man' Amou Haji dies
Oct 27, 2022, at 12:29 am
An Iranian hermit, who had not taken bath for half a century and was even dubbed by the media as the “world’s dirtiest man”, has died. He was 94.
Iran imposes sanctions on British officials for 'backing terrorism'
Oct 20, 2022, at 04:27 pm
Tehran/UNI: The Iranian Foreign Ministry imposed sanctions on a number of British institutes and individuals for "supporting terrorism and terrorist groups, promoting and instigating terrorism, violence and hate-mongering and violation of human rights."
Crowd greets Iranian sport climber Elnaz Rekabi who broke hijab rule
Oct 20, 2022, at 01:54 am
Tehran: A large crowd at Tehran airport greeted an Iranian sport climber who competed without a headscarf at a competition in South Korea, calling her a "heroine".
Killings and detentions of children in Iran must end, UN child rights committee urges
Oct 18, 2022, at 08:09 pm
New York: As the number of children reportedly killed by Iranian security forces in relation to ongoing protests rises to at least 23, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child issued a statement on Monday condemning the killings, noting that hundreds more have been injured, detained and tortured during the Government crackdown.
Four die as fire breaks out at Iran's Evin prison
Oct 17, 2022, at 02:48 am
Tehran: At least four people were killed and 61 others were hurt as fire broke out at Evin prison in northern Tehran of Iran on Sunday, local media reports said.