The family of Mahsa Amini, the Iranian Kurdish woman who died in custody, have been banned from travelling to France to collect a top rights prize awarded posthumously, their lawyer said Saturday. Issued on: 09/12/2023 – 16:27 1 min Amini died aged 22 on September 16, 2022, while being held by Iran’s religious police for …
Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the country’s conservative Islamic theocracy, was awarded the European Union’s top human rights prize on Thursday. Issued on: 19/10/2023 – 12:19 2 min The EU award, named for Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov, was created in 1988 …
A mysterious injury suffered by a 16-year-old girl who boarded a Metro train in Iran’s capital without a headscarf has reignited anger just after the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the nationwide protests it sparked. Issued on: 05/10/2023 – 16:35 4 min What happened in the few seconds after Armita Geravand …
Iran is gearing up to welcome international football stars, including Cristiano Ronaldo, with a special offer that has ruffled feathers both within and beyond its borders. Tehran is set to host a showdown between Ronaldo’s Al Nassr and Persepolis FC in an AFC Champions League tie next week. However, Iranian citizens have long been grappling …
Saman, a 31-year-old export consultant, fled from a Tehran hospital when Iranian security officers came to arrest him in October. His left eye was seriously wounded when he was shot at point-blank range with a rubber bullet during protests that erupted after the death of Mahsa Amini. Saman now lives in Germany, where he is …