Tehran
- Middle East
Iran executes British-Iranian citizen Alireza Akbari on spy charges
Tehran: The Iranian authorities have executed British-Iranian dual citizen Alireza Akbari on charges of espionage for the UK spy agency, judicial news agency Mizan reported. “The sentence of #Alireza_Akbari, who was sentenced to death on…
- Middle East
Iran: Jailed activist writes about forced confessions in prison
Tehran: One of Iran’s prominent women activist, Sepideh Qolian has narrated the brutality the prisoners are facing and forced confessions on Iranian television in a letter she wrote from Evin prison in…
- Middle East
28 Iranian journalists still in detention over anti-hijab protests
Tehran: At least 28 Iranian journalists who have been arrested are still in detention in connection with the protests that prevailed in the country after the death of Mahsa Amini who was…
- Middle East
Iran sentences 3 more to death over Amini protests
Tehran: Amid the global unrest over the civil unrest triggered by Mahsa Amini’s death, the Iranian judiciary on Monday handed down three more death sentences, reported France24. In the latest ruling, Saleh…
- Middle East
Iranian Speaker holds Trump legally accountable for killing Soleimani
Tehran: Speaker of Iran’s Parliament said that former US President Donald Trump and all his “accomplices” must be held legally accountable for the assassination of late military commander Qasem Soleimani in 2020.…
- Middle East
Iran executes two more men over ongoing anti-hijab protests
Tehran: The Iranian authorities on Saturday, executed two men for allegedly killing a security official during ongoing anti-hijab protests movement in the country for nearly four months. The two men, who were executed,…
- Middle East
Iran summons French envoy over ‘insulting’ cartoons of Khamenei
Tehran: Iran on Wednesday summoned France ambassador Nicolas Roche after the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published an issue mocking Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei while supporting anti-government protests in Iran, IRNA…
- Middle East
Iran releases actress Taraneh Alidoosti after 18 days in custody
Tehran: Iranian authorities on Wednesday released prominent Iranian actress, Taraneh Alidoosti, 18 days after she was detained over her support for the protest movement. 38-year-old Taraneh Alidoosti, star of Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winning…
- Middle East
Iran: Maryam Akbari Monfared, jailed for 13 years, shares her ordeal
Tehran: Political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared, has shared a letter from inside her “hell-like” prison, after completing 13 long years in jail, local media reported. 47-year-old Maryam Akbari Monfared was arrested in…
- Middle East
Iranian chess player Sara Khadem who contested without hijab moves to Spain
One of Iran’s top-ranked female chess players, Sara Khadem, arrived in Spain on Tuesday after receiving warnings not to return to Iran. The reason for the warnings was that Khadem competed in…
- Middle East
Iran arrests football players in mixed-gender party
Tehran: The government authorities in Iran arrested football players who attended a mixed-gender party in eastern Tehran. “Several current and former players of one of Tehran’s prominent football clubs were arrested last…
- Middle East
Police seize 246 kg of opium in Tehran: Media
Tehran: Iran’s police seized 246 kilogram of opium in two separate operations in the Iranian capital of Tehran, local media reported. In one of the operations, the police forces smashed a drug…
- Middle East
One dead, 37 injures in Bus collision near Tehran airport
Tehran: At least one passenger was killed and 37 others were injured after two buses collided near Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. The incident took place…
- Middle East
Iran Supreme Court accepts protester’s appeal against capital punishment
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Court has accepted a protester’s appeal against death sentence for allegedly damaging public property during ongoing anti-hijab protests. On October 4, 25-year-old Sahand Noor Mohammadzadeh was arrested and sentenced…
- Middle East
Year-ender 2022: How a ‘custodial death’ took women to anti-hijab protests in Iran
Tehran: An unsparing regime known to crush dissent with an iron fist pulled out all its administrative levers to tamp down on protests by a band of women standing up for their…
