Hundreds rally in Paris for Iranian women’s rights PARIS: Hundreds of people marched through Paris on Sunday in support of women’s rights and the opposition in Iran,... Published 15 Sep, 2024 10:34pm
World Polls open in Iran for presidential election TEHRAN: Polls in Iran opened on Friday for a presidential election following the death of ultraconservative... Updated 28 Jun, 2024 12:35pm
World Iran picks new president at turbulent time TEHRAN: Iranians vote on Friday to elect a new president from six candidates, including a lone reformist who hopes... Updated 26 Jun, 2024 03:06pm
World Who in Iran seeks the presidency after Raisi’s death? Iranians will choose between mostly hardline candidates in an early presidential election on June 28 following the... Published 25 Jun, 2024 11:50am
World After Raisi funeral, Iran’s focus turns to vote for successor TEHRAN: After Iran mourned president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a recent helicopter crash, the nation’s focus turns... Published 28 May, 2024 11:30am
World Khamenei rallies Iranians to vote Friday in show to ‘enemies’ TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader urged voters to come out in droves on Friday and show the foes of the Islamic... Published 29 Feb, 2024 04:41am
World EU awards Mahsa Amini rights prize as Iran blocks family STRASBOURG (France): The European Parliament on Tuesday presented a top EU rights prize to Mahsa Amini, whose death... Published 13 Dec, 2023 05:33am
World Iran enforcing ‘intensified’ hijab crackdown: Amnesty PARIS: Iranian authorities have in the last months launched an intensified crackdown against women deemed to have... Published 26 Jul, 2023 11:33am
World Iran executes 354 people in first half of 2023: rights group PARIS: Iran has hanged at least 354 people in the first six months of 2023, a rights group said Monday, adding that... Published 03 Jul, 2023 02:47pm
World Iran executes three men linked to Amini protests: judiciary TEHRAN: Iranian authorities on Friday executed three men convicted of violence against the Islamic republic’s... Published 19 May, 2023 11:41am
World At least 537 killed in Iran protest crackdown: rights group PARIS: Iranian security forces have killed at least 537 people in a crackdown on protests that erupted in September,... Published 04 Apr, 2023 06:32pm
World New cases of poisoning in different Iran regions: media TEHRAN: More cases of mysterious poisoning of Iranian schoolgirls were reported Sunday in several provinces, local... Published 05 Mar, 2023 05:22pm
World Iran prosecutes woman for 'disrespecting' headscarf TEHRAN: Iran's judiciary is prosecuting a woman for "disrespecting" the Islamic headscarf after she threw hers to... Published 18 Feb, 2023 10:26pm
World ‘No infighting’: Iran opposition seeks elusive unity to unseat regime PARIS: Five months since protests broke out in Iran, a divided opposition in and outside of the country is seeking... Published 16 Feb, 2023 12:00pm
Editorials Is Iran ripe for change? EDITORIAL: On the occasion of 44th anniversary of anti-Shah revolution (1979 Islamic revolution) Iran seems to have... Published 12 Feb, 2023 03:56am
World Iran ex-president, former PM call for political change TEHRAN: Iran’s former president Mohammad Khatami and former premier Mir Hossein Mousavi have both called for... Published 06 Feb, 2023 06:20am
World Iran says it repelled drone attack on military site TEHRAN: Iran repelled a drone attack on a military site in central Isfahan province, the defence ministry said early... Published 29 Jan, 2023 11:06am
World Iran vows response to new EU, UK sanctions over protests TEHRAN: Iran vowed Tuesday it will respond to new sanctions imposed by the European Union and Britain over its... Published 24 Jan, 2023 01:22pm
World Despite crackdown, Iran protesters still challenging regime PARIS: Despite a slackening of street activity in the face of a brutal crackdown, Iranian protesters are still... Published 22 Jan, 2023 12:07pm
World Iran executes two more men in connection with protests PARIS: Iran drew international condemnation on Saturday as it executed two men for killing a paramilitary force... Published 08 Jan, 2023 03:48am
World Iran replaces police chief amid protests TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed on Saturday a new police chief, nearly four months... Published 07 Jan, 2023 05:03pm
World Iran upholds two death sentences, issues another over protests TEHRAN: Iran on Tuesday upheld two death sentences for the killing of a paramilitary during nationwide protests, the... Published 04 Jan, 2023 07:15am
World Iran’s Raisi vows ‘no mercy’ for ‘hostile’ protest movement TEHRAN: President Ebrahim Raisi said Tuesday Iran would show “no mercy” towards “hostile” opponents of the Islamic... Published 27 Dec, 2022 05:20pm
World Pakistani law professor among those named by UN to probe Iran protests crackdown GENEVA: The United Nations on Tuesday named three women to lead a rights investigation into Iran’s violent crackdown... Published 21 Dec, 2022 05:03pm
World Iran blames US after being removed from UN rights body TEHRAN: Iran on Thursday accused the United States of orchestrating its removal from a UN women’s rights body over... Published 16 Dec, 2022 05:58am
World Khatami voices support for protests TEHRAN: Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has voiced support for the protest movement sparked by Mahsa... Published 08 Dec, 2022 05:58am
World Iran ex-president Khatami voices support for protests TEHRAN: Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has voiced support for the protest movement sparked by Mahsa... Published 07 Dec, 2022 05:32pm
World Iran protests: regime challenged by push for change PARIS: Almost three months of protests in Iran have left the clerical regime facing an existential challenge by... Published 06 Dec, 2022 11:26am
Editorials Abolition of morality police in Iran EDITORIAL: As anti-hijab protests in Iran refuse to relent and grow in severity the authorities have reportedly... Published 06 Dec, 2022 05:58am
World Iran Guards general says more than 300 dead in Amini unrest TEHRAN: Iran has for the first time reported that more than 300 people have died in over two months of protests... Published 29 Nov, 2022 06:30pm
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