Tag: Iran
Life imprisonment for violations of international law in Iran
The trial of 61-year-old Hamid Noury, who is suspected of involvement in mass executions in Iran in 1988, is one of the largest of its kind in Sweden. The criminal…
Women in Iran turn heads in response to hijab laws
Many women in Iran share their photos and videos without headscarves, both indoors and in public, in response to the country’s increasingly tightening clothing laws. According to the Sharia laws…
women are mobilizing against the tightening of the obligation to wear the veil
For several weeks, the authorities have launched a new campaign to enforce the Islamic veil outside but also in banks and administrations. Faced with these hardenings, women called to demonstrate…
War in Ukraine: Iran will supply drones to Russia, assure the United States
Arms deliveries are not the prerogative of Europeans alone. The Iranians should, according to American intelligence, deliver “hundreds of drones” to its Russian ally. Playing a central role in the…
in the face of new dress rules, women called upon to go out without a hijab
Iranian women are called to go out in the street without hijab this Tuesday, July 12. A movement launched on social networks by several activists while the repression of the…
Cinema: release of “Les Nuits de Mashad”, rewarded at Cannes, but denounced by the Iranian authorities
On Wednesday July 13 comes the release of Nights of Mashhad, by Danish filmmaker of Iranian origin Ali Abbasi. Its main actress, Zar Amir Ebrahimi received the prize for female…
arrest of famous filmmaker Jafar Panahi
Arrests of dissident filmmakers and opposition political activists have increased in recent days. The filmmaker Jafar Panahi, Golden Bear for best film at the Berlin festival in 2015, was arrested…
Iran accuses two French trade unionists of “undermining state security”
The spokesperson for Iranian justice affirmed that the two trade unionists arrested on May 11 are accused of attempting to undermine national security, while France has formally advised its nationals…
Schools and administrations closed in Iran due to a new dust storm
Iranian authorities closed Monday, July 4, schools, universities and administrations in Tehran and several cities in the south-west of the country because of a new sandstorm from Iraq and Syria.…
The head of Iranian diplomacy in Syria, after the threats of Turkey
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived this Saturday July 2 in Syria, where Turkey threatens to launch an offensive in the north. The visit of the head of Iranian diplomacy…