Facing growing pressure to assist each other on the global stage, Russia and China backed Iran in an international vote on the country’s recent crackdowns.
UN rights council votes to investigate Iran’s brutal response to protests
The United Nations’s Human Rights Council on Thursday voted to create a new fact-finding mission to investigate alleged human rights violations in Iran amid weeks of protests and Tehran’s brutal crackdown on the unrest.
UN rights body deplores Iran crackdown, establishes probe
The U.N. Human Rights Council voted Thursday to condemn the bloody crackdown on peaceful protests in Iran and create an independent fact-finding mission to investigate alleged abuses, particularly those committed against women and children.
United States Enters a New Era of Direct Confrontation With Iran
The Biden administration has imposed new sanctions on Tehran and expressed support for protesters, as the Iranian government aids Russia in the Ukraine war and continues nuclear enrichment.
Why Saudi Arabia Is So Quiet About Iran’s Protests
The kingdom’s rulers may have managed their own social pressures better, but they’re wary of the tumult that’s shaking their neighbor.
I’m a Sudanese woman – the protests in Iran mirror my own tangled history with clothing and freedom
As a teenager, I argued with my parents about covering up. Then I saw a photo of my mother wearing a short dress in 1950s Sudan, says Sudanese multi-disciplinary creative Basma Khalifa
Iran Has Inherent Right to Self-Defense, UN Mission Says after Attacks on KRG-Based Terrorists
Following the recent IRGC attacks on the positions of terrorist groups in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Iran’s mission to the UN said the country has no choice but to exercise its inherent right to …
Those opposing Iran’s brutal dictatorship need solidarity, not equivocation: A response to Samuel Blanch’s misplaced priorities
Whether or not it is his intention, a recent article by Samuel Blanch has the effect of diverting attention from the real tragedy unfolding in Iran: the sheer number of human lives being lost.
Those opposing Iran’s brutal dictatorship need solidarity, not equivocation: A response to Samuel Blanch’s misplaced priorities
Whether or not it is his intention, a recent article by Samuel Blanch has the effect of diverting attention from the real tragedy unfolding in Iran: the sheer number of human lives being lost.
Iran-IAEA interaction is afoot but censure resolutions affect it: MP
Under the JCPOA, Iran agreed to put limits on its nuclear activities in exchange for termination of economic and financial sanctions. However, the U.S. ditched the agreement in 2018 and the European …