The activist daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been sentenced to five years in prison, her lawyer said on Tuesday. The lawyer did not give detail of the charges against Faezeh Hashemi. But Tehran’s public prosecutor indicted Hashemi last year on charges of “propaganda against the system”, according to the semi-official ISNA… Read More Iran jails daughter of former president for five years
Iran’s judiciary has sentenced three anti-government protesters in Tehran to death on various charges such as “corruption on earth” and “waging war on God” on Wednesday, Iranian state media reported, adding that the three could appeal their verdicts. Up to 19 of the thousands of people arrested in Tehran and Karaj cities for taking part… Read More Iran’s judiciary sentences three anti-government protesters to death
The European Union on Monday slapped additional sanctions on Iran, targeting 29 individuals and three organisations, in response to what it has condemned as Tehran’s widespread use of force against peaceful protesters. “We stand with the Iranian people and support their right to protest peacefully and voice their demands and views freely,” EU foreign policy… Read More EU slams sanctions on dozens of Iranian individuals, organisations over protests crackdown
Germany’s government on Thursday urged its citizens to leave Iran or risk arbitrary arrest and long prison terms there, warning that dual nationals were particularly at risk. Berlin has welcomed European Union sanctions on Iran, which has unleashed a bloody crackdown on some of the biggest protests in the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution.… Read More Germany urges its citizens to leave Iran or risk arrest
The militant group Islamic State said it carried out an attack on a Shi’ite Muslim shrine in Iran on Wednesday which killed 15 people, escalating tensions in a country reeling from a wave of protests and prompting warnings of a response from Tehran. Iranian officials said they had arrested a gunman who carried out the… Read More Islamic State claims responsibility for attack on Iran Shi’ite shrine
The United States on Wednesday targeted Iranian officials, including those overseeing Tehran’s Evin prison and others in new sanctions on Iran over internet censorship and a crackdown on protests ignited by Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody. Demonstrations following 22-year-old’s death in custody on September 16 have become one of the boldest challenges to Iran’s… Read More U.S. imposes new sanctions on Iranian officials over protests crackdown
Armed men attacked a Shi’ite Muslim shrine in the Iranian city of Shiraz on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people, state news agency IRNA said, as security forces clashed with protesters marking 40 days since the death of Mahsa Amini in custody. IRNA described the attackers as “takfiri terrorists”, a label used by officials in… Read More At least fifteen dead as gunmen attack Shi’ite shrine in Iran
Iranian security forces opened fire at people who gathered at a cemetery in Mahsa Amini’s home town of Saqez on Wednesday to mark 40 days since she died in police custody, a witness said. “The riot police shot mourners who gathered at the cemetery for Mahsa’s memorial ceremony … dozens have been arrested,” the witness… Read More Iranian security forces open fire at people gathered for Mahsa Amini memorial
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