Iran

Workers of Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Factory sent a letter to International Labour Organization, complaining about ongoing arrest of labor activists in Iran.

Iran has sentenced three prominent defense attorneys for their human right activities, Center for Human Rights in Iran said in a statement on Wednesday.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced that the US call for talk “without precondition” is merely “wordplay,” local media reported.

Mohammad Ali Najafi, former Mayor of Iran’s capital city of Tehran killed his wife, Mitra Ostad on Tuesday hours before she was expected to be interviewed by Ensaf News Agency.

A top Iranian official said his country will, “step by step,” scale back its commitments under 2015 nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

Iranian authorities have arrested a number of 30 women and men who were attending a private mixed Yoga course in the city of Gorgan.

Iran shut down Instagram accounts of some of the country’s female musicians on Thursday in an attempt to implement its strict Islamic laws, which outlaw women’s singing.

Iranian official has reportedly told German envoy that Tehran’s patience is over during a Thursday meeting aiming at negotiating recent US tensions and 2015 nuclear deal.  

Consumption of poisonous beverages killed 6 people and hospitalized 37 more in Iran’s central province of Isfahan, University of Medical Sciences reported on Thursday.

In a joint statement, two Iranian human rights organizations called for the release of political prisoner, Maryam Akbari Monfared, who has been jailed for nearly 10 years.