Iran Team Sings Anthem At World Cup Match After Snub
Iranwire - Iran's national football team sang along to their national anthem at their second World Cup match in Qatar,…
Month: November 2022
Iran Protests: The Truth Behind Schoolgirls’ “Hail Khamenei” Chants
Iranwire - School students have played a prominent role in the ongoing nationwide demonstrations sparked by the September 16 death…
UN Rights Council Votes To Set Up Probe Into Iran Protest Crackdown
Iranwire - The United Nations' top human rights body has voted to establish an independent fact-finding mission to investigate abuses…
Iranian Soccer Player Arrested Amid World Cup Scrutiny
VOA - Iran arrested a prominent former member of its national soccer team on Thursday over his criticism of the…
Iran: Landmark UN fact-finding mission marks long-awaited turning point in tackling systematic impunity
Amnesty - Responding to today’s announcement that the UN Human Rights Council has passed a landmark resolution to establish a…
Australia, Netherlands Confirm Citizens Detained In Iran, Access Denied
RFL/RE - Australia and the Netherlands have confirmed the arrests of dual nationals in Iran and say the detainees have…
Jailed Rights Advocate Asks UN To Document ‘Killing And Repression’ In Iran
RFL/RE - A prominent Iranian human rights advocate incarcerated in the notorious Evin prison has published a letter saying that…
Two IRGC Troops Reported Killed In Iran’s Kurdistan Amid Fierce Protest Crackdown
Iranwire - Two members of Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) were killed in the northwestern province of Kurdistan…
UN Rights Chief Calls on Iran to Halt Violence Against Protesters
VOA - U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk urged Iranian authorities to halt “unnecessary and disproportionate" use of force against…
US Sanctions Iranian Officials Amid Tehran’s Ongoing Crackdown on Protests
VOA —The United States on Wednesday targeted three Iranian security officials under human rights-related sanctions, the U.S. Treasury Department said,…