The New Yorker | Hijab Protests Expose Iran's Core Divide The New Yorker It was the quietest protest Iran has ever witnessed. Vida Movahed, a thirty-one-year-old mother of a toddler, stood atop a large utility box on Tehran's busy Enghelab Street and removed the hijab head covering that all women are required to wear by law ... Iran's hijab protests cap years of evolution |
Politico | White House calls for immediate release of sick US citizen in Iran Politico The White House, which in July called for the release of Namazi and other Iranian prisoners, called the charges against him “false” and urged authorities to release him given the status of his medical condition. “The Trump administration again calls ... Statement by the Press Secretary on Iran Returning Baquer Namazi to Prison Baquer Namazi Shouldn't Have to Die in an Iranian Prison US Holding Iran To Account For Ailing Prisoner's Health |
New York Times | Iran Sends 81-Year-Old Iranian-American Back To Prison NPR The Iranian government is sending an 81-year-old Iranian-American back to jail. His name is Baquer Namazi. He's been detained for more than two years so far. Namazi's jailers recently gave him a short medical release, and his family was hoping he would ... Iran Returns Ailing US Citizen to Prison in New Sign of Tension Iran Returns American To Prison Against Advice Of Medical Examiner Iranian-American man returned to prison after medical leave |
The Independent | Iran executed three child offenders in January, human rights group ... The Independent At least three minors have been executed by hanging in Iran so far this year, rights organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. 18-year-old Amirhossein Pourjafa was hanged on 4 January in the northern town of Karaj for the alleged rape and murder ... HRW Calls On Iran To Stop Executing Child Offenders - RFE/RL Iran: Three Child Offenders Executed | Human Rights Watch Pressure on Iran over child executions |
Reuters | France says Turkey, Iran violating international law in Syria Reuters Those who violate the law and commit crimes are those who arm the PYD-YPG terror groups,” he said of the main Syrian Kurdish militia. Le Drian is due in Tehran on March 5 for talks at a time when Washington has put pressure on European allies to ... Turkey Foreign Minister Meets Iran President in Tehran Amidst Tension Over Syria Iran's Rouhani urges Turkey to halt Afrin operation Iran risks WAR: France warns Turkey and Iran – you are violating international law |
Reuters | Iraqi army moves to secure planned oil route to Iran - Reuters Reuters Iraqi forces launched a security operation along a planned oil transit route to Iran on Wednesday, saying it was clearing and "destroying sleeper cells" in the mountainous border area where two armed groups operate. Iraqi Army Moves to Secure Planned Oil Route to Iran Iraq army moves to secure planned oil route to Iran Iraq launches operation to clear oil route to Iran |
Iran: Three activists on hunger strike after violent prison transfer Amnesty International The Iranian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release human rights activists Atena Daemi, Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee and her husband Arash Sadeghi, Amnesty International said today, amid reports all three have begun a hunger strike to ... |
Total Works On Iran Gas Project Despite Uncertainty Over US Sanctions OilPrice.com France's supermajor Total SA continues to work on the South Pars gas project in Iran despite the uncertainty over potential new U.S. sanctions on Iran, Total's chief executive Patrick Pouyanne told French newspaper Le Monde in an interview published on ... Oil Tanker Traffic Sets Record in Iran's Asalouyeh Port |
Reuters | France says Turkey, Iran violating international law in Syria - Reuters Reuters France's foreign minister said on Wednesday that Turkey and Iran were among those violating international law by their actions in Syria and warned that Ankara should not add "war to war". Optimistic Paris Faces Narrow Flexibility in US-Iranian Nuclear Deal Controversy |
Newsweek | Is Trump Softening Us Up for War With North Korea and Iran? Newsweek Center for a New American Security Senior Fellow Mira Rapp-Hooper has authored a first-rate take-down of the illogic of supposedly limited strikes (aka the “ bloody nose ” option) against North Korea at The Atlantic. Here are a few choice passages ... |