Etiket: Iran
The World Cup, a colossal stake for Iran
The World Cup is more than sport. It is also a theater where countries settle their political differences or nourish their national romance. What are the stakes for the Iranian…
Human rights activists fear tougher crackdown on Kurds in Iran
Human rights activists on Sunday accused Iranian authorities of deploying military reinforcements to Kurdish areas where protests have intensified, saying they fear a tougher crackdown. Armed forces were sent as…
Iran | Tehran bombs its Kurdish opponents in Iraq again
(Erbil) Iran again bombed Iranian Kurdish opposition groups based in neighboring Iraqi Kurdistan overnight from Sunday to Monday, a week after similar strikes targeted those factions accused by Tehran of…
Human rights activists fear tougher crackdown on Kurds in Iran
Human rights defenders on Sunday accused Iranian authorities of deploying military reinforcements to Kurdish areas where protests have intensified, saying they fear a tougher crackdown. Armed forces were sent as…
Iran: protesters attack the symbols of the regime
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Iran | Activists fear greater crackdown on Kurds
(Paris) Human rights defenders accused the Iranian authorities on Sunday of deploying military reinforcements in the Kurdish regions where the demonstrations have intensified, saying they fear a toughening of the…
Canadian intelligence investigates death threats from Iran
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) said it is investigating death threats from Iran allegedly targeting dissidents of the Islamic regime based in Canada. “CSIS is aware of hostile state…
Iran denounces foreign ‘silence’ after deadly violence
At least three protesters were killed by Iranian security forces in Kurdistan on Saturday during protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a Norway-based human rights NGO said. The…
The Marianas of Iran | The Press
The slogan “woman, life, freedom”, a cry from the hearts of Iranians, is similar to the French Revolution and the famous motto that resulted from it: “liberty, equality, fraternity”. It…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | What role does the diaspora play in the revolts in Iran?
In Iran, the revolt is still brewing two months after the death of Mahsa Amini. Although the spotlight is on Iran and several states have condemned the human rights violations…
Protests after the death of Mahsa Amini: another day of deadly violence in Iran
Hundreds of mourners demonstrated in Kurdish towns across Iran on Thursday, protests still marked by deadly violence two months after the death of Mahsa Amini. The protests this week coincided…
Iran | Another day of deadly violence
(Paris) Hundreds of mourners demonstrated Thursday in a Kurdish region of western Iran, where violence has left at least three dead, defying the bloody crackdown two months after the death…
Iran: two motorcycle attacks, nine dead in total
Nine people, including a woman and two teenagers, as well as two paramilitaries, were killed on Wednesday in Iran by assailants on motorcycles, in two separate attacks in Khuzestan and…
Canada adds sanctions on Iran as crackdown continues
Foreign Minister Melanie Joly has announced a fifth set of economic sanctions against Iran as the country continues its crackdown on human rights protesters. Ms. Joly said in a statement…
Iran | New sanctions from Canada as crackdown continues
(OTTAWA) Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said in a statement Wednesday that two companies, Shahed Aviation Industries and Qods Aviation Industries, are being added to Canada’s sanctions list for…
Death of Mahsa Amini: new death sentences in Iran after two months of protest
Justice announced on Wednesday three new death sentences against protesters in Iran, where six people were killed the day before during the protest movement against the death of Mahsa Amini,…
‘We support the fundamental rights of the Iranian people. It’s not about interference,’ says Joe Biden’s special envoy for Iran
Robert Malley, US President Joe Biden’s special envoy for Iran, said Monday, November 14 on France Inter that he “It is good that the international community is mobilizing (…) to…
Iran carries out series of strikes targeting Kurdish ‘terrorist groups’
(Erbil) Iran launched a new series of missile and drone strikes on Monday against Iranian Kurdish opposition groups based in neighboring Iraqi Kurdistan, killing at least one person and injuring…
EU to approve new sanctions against Iran
The European Union will approve new sanctions on Monday targeting around 30 Iranian officials, in response to the crackdown on protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini. “Today we…
First death sentence linked to ‘riots’ in Iran
Iran sentenced to death on Sunday, for the first time, a person accused of having participated in the “riots” which have shaken the country for two months, announced the judicial…