Iran condemns UN experts’ report on protest crackdown as ‘false’, ‘biased’

[ad_1] Report by UN fact-finding mission says Iran’s brutal suppression of 2022 protests amounted to crimes against humanity.Iran has condemned a report by United Nations experts who concluded the Islamic republic’s violent crackdown in 2022 on peaceful protests and the...

Analysis: Why are Iranian monarchists backing Israel over its Gaza war?

[ad_1] As millions of people took to the streets to denounce Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, demanding justice and peace, support for Israel emerged from a surprising quarter: Iranian monarchists. They are...

China does not have the leverage to end the Red Sea crisis; the US does

[ad_1] In the beginning of Israel’s devastating war on Gaza, China appeared to be on the same page with its regional partners, Saudi Arabia and Iran, when it came to the big questions. All three condemned the Israeli aggression, called...

Executions in Iran hit 8-year high in 2023

[ad_1] Use of the death penalty surged by 43 percent following huge protests prompted by Mahsa Amini’s death.Iran hanged at least 834 people in 2023, the second-highest number of executions in two decades, according to a report released by rights...

Low turnout as conservatives dominate Iran parliamentery vote

[ad_1] The elections were the first since nationwide protests broke out in 2022 over the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody.Conservative politicians will dominate Iran’s parliament, according to election results, maintaining their hold on the Islamic Consultative Assembly in...

Conservatives dominate Iran’s parliament, assembly elections

[ad_1] Tehran, Iran – A range of conservative candidates have swept the parliamentary and religious assembly elections in Iran as the country faces political and economic challenges. Final vote counting is under way after millions went to the polls on...

Iranian singer ‘sentenced to jail’ over Mahsa Amini protest anthem

  Shervin Hajipour says he was sentenced to more than three years in prison for ‘inciting people to riot’. An Iranian singer whose song became an anthem during the 2022 mass protests has been sentenced to more than three years...

Iran Revolutionary Guard member and two others killed in attack in Syria

[ad_1] Iranian media reports say IRGC member Reza Zarei was killed in a suspected Israeli attack in the port city of Baniyas.A member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and two other people have been killed in a suspected...

US and UK Impose Sanctions on Network Targeting Iranian Dissidents

Sanctions In a joint move, the United States and the United Kingdom have levied sanctions on a network allegedly orchestrated by Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security, targeting Iranian opposition activists for assassination. The US Treasury Department revealed this development,...