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Iran exiled opposition figures in talks to unite against government
Iran’s opposition has long been split in numerous factions, both at home and abroad, including monarchists, republicans, leftists and organizations grouping ethnic minorities including Kurds, Baluchis and Arabs.
Iran ex-President Khatami, former PM Mousavi call for political change amid protests
Iran’s former president Mohammad Khatami and former premier Mir Hossein Mousavi have both called for political changes amid the protests triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini.As the 44th ...
Iran filmmakers call for release of dissident director Jafar Panahi
Iran’s main filmmakers’ union on Tuesday called on authorities to release renowned dissident director Jafar Panahi, who has been imprisoned for six months.Panahi, 62, one of Iran’s most awarded ...
Fire breaks out near London offices of Iran opposition group
A fire broke out next to the London office of an Iranian opposition group, police said late Monday, adding that there was no evidence so far that it was a deliberate attack.The incident occurred in a ...
Jailed Iran activist Hossein Ronaghi escalates hunger strike: Brother
A jailed Iranian freedom of speech campaigner who is on a hunger strike and “in critical condition” will start refusing water after being denied medical leave, his brother said Saturday.Hossein ...
Explainer: Who’s the Swedish doctor facing execution in Iran on May 21
Vida Mehrannia is trying to save her husband’s life. Iran is scheduled to put him to death within nine days — by May 21.To Iran, the 50-year-old Ahmad Reza Jalali is a spy for Israel. To his ...
Iran executes Kurdish prisoner: Rights group
Iran has executed a Kurdish man for armed rebellion despite international pressure for his life to be spared, activists said Monday, after a trial that was alleged to be unfair with forced confessions ...
Dissident journalist Masih Alinejad reveals new details on Iran’s plans to kidnap her
Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad revealed new details about Iran's attempt to kidnap her, including the use and arrest of her family members to lure her to Turkey.In an exclusive interview ...
Iranians charged with plot to kidnap Alinejad targeted critics in Canada, UAE, UK
A network of alleged Iranian intelligence operatives charged by US prosecutors with plotting to kidnap prominent Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad had targeted at least four other activists ...
Masih Alinejad: How Iran threatened and attempted to kidnap a US journalist
The image on the alleged Iranian intelligence operative’s device was chilling: A graphic showing photos of two Iranian dissidents captured overseas. Next to them was a picture of a journalist US ...
Now is the time to support the Iranians who boycotted the sham election
The very selection of Ebrahim Raisi as an electoral candidate, and then his victory highlighted the sham that is Iran’s electoral process.Known widely in Iran as the “Hanging Judge” or “The Butcher of ...
The end of Iran’s current regime is only a ‘matter of time’: Exiled Iranian prince
It is only a “matter of time” until the world sees the end of the Islamic Republic regime in Iran, Reza Pahlavi, the exiled eldest son of the last Shah (king) of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, told Saudi ...
Iran UN women’s committee membership an ‘insult’: Activists
The election this week of Iran to a UN committee on women’s rights is an “insult” to women who suffer daily discrimination in the Islamic republic, groups representing Iranian women outside the ...
‘No to Islamic Republic’: Iran opposition seeks to unify in anti-regime campaign
An online campaign launched by Iranian dissidents that calls for the removal of the regime in Tehran has gained traction in recent days, with Iranians in and out of the country voicing their ...
Iran grants rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh temporary leave from jail
Jailed Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been granted a temporary leave of absence from prison on the occasion of the Persian New Year, her husband said Wednesday.“Nasrin came on leave ...
Controversial EU-Iran business forum goes ahead despite outcry
An online business forum that aims to promote trade between Iran and the European Union continued for a second day on Tuesday amid outcry from rights activists and families of prisoners in Iran who ...
Activists inside Iran urge Biden to continue ‘maximum pressure’ campaign
Dozens of Iranian dissidents inside Iran have called on US President Joe Biden not to relieve any pressure on the Islamic Republic and support human rights in the country.In a letter to Biden, dated ...
Iran executes second wrestler months after executing champion wrestler Navid Afkari
Iran executed a second wrestler on Monday on a murder charge, a local media outlet reported, months after the execution of champion wrestler Navid Afkari sparked an international outcry.Mehdi Ali ...
Iran embassy to Turkey’s virtual Soleimani memorial trolled by protesters
A virtual memorial for slain Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani organized by the Iranian embassy in Ankara on Saturday on Zoom was hijacked by protesters who repeatedly called the Iranian ...
Sweden says Iran has denied access to detained dissident Habib Chaab
Sweden said Tuesday it had not been granted consular access to a Swedish-Iranian dissident who is detained in Iran after disappearing during a visit to Turkey in October.Iran’s state media in November ...
Iran court hands ‘Zombie Angelina Jolie’ Sahar Tabar 10 years in jail
A court in Iran has reportedly handed Sahar Tabar, an Iranian girl who posted distorted pictures of herself to resemble a zombie-like Angelina Jolie, a 10-year jail sentence, according to one of her ...
Iran lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh back in prison after temporary release: Husband
Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh is back in prison less than a month after her temporary release from a 12-year jail term, her husband said Wednesday.“Nasrin has returned to prison this ...
We obliterated every legal argument by Iran diplomat’s defense team: Lawyer
The lawyer representing the civil parties in the case against an Iranian diplomat on trial in Belgium for planning to bomb a meeting of an exiled opposition group in France in 2018 said he is ...
Academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert thanks supporters after release from Iran prison
An Australian-British academic released after two years imprisoned in Iran on spying charges said she thanked supporters from the “bottom of my heart” Tuesday, saying they helped her through a ...
British-Australian Kylie Moore-Gilbert returns to Australia after Iran imprisonment
British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert arrived back in Australia on Friday and will soon reunite with her family after more than two years in an Iranian prison.For all the latest headlines ...