Kurdistan Press Agency
Kurdistan
A dismissed labor committed suicide in Sanandaj (capital of Kurdistan province – Iran)
One of the dismissed workers of Kurdistan Textile Factory committed suicide due to" unemployment and poverty".
Human Rights
Iran
Iranian journalist begins her six-year jail term
Shirin Khosravani, an Iranian journalist, has begun serving her six-year jail term for charges of "assembly and collusion against national security and propaganda against the regime."
Iran
Controversial family law passes in Iranian Parliament
Iran's Parliament has passed Article 22 of the controversial family protection act requiring the registration of temporary marriages. The article has been amended however to make registration of temporary marriages only obligatory in…
Iran
Iran: Female students suspended over hijab (the Islamic dress code) violations
More than 10 female students at Iran University of Science and Technology (Elm va Sanat) have been suspended from their classes for "failure to adhere to the Islamic dress code."
Iran
Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Given 18-Year Prison Term, Wife Says
Iranian human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani has been sentenced to 18 years in prison, according to his wife. Masoumeh Dehghan added that her husband has been banned from practicing law for 20 years.
Human Rights
Fighting intensifies across Syria
Heavy fighting broke out late Sunday night between forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and rebels. According to activists, they launched small attacks on the military in the north, south and east of the country to relieve…
Human Rights
Turkey calls on Iran to cut support for Assad regime
As the number of deaths in Syria continues to grow, the international community can't formulate a practical decision on military intervention, the establishment of security zones for civilians fleeing from violence, or even the dispatching…
Human Rights
UN Urges FIFA To Overturn Hijab Ban(the veil)
The United Nations has asked the football world governing body, FIFA, to overturn a ban on female players wearing the hijab -- the Islamic headscarf -- in matches.
Human Rights
Iran Elections: 48 million voters denied information, 48 journalists denied freedom
On the eve of tomorrow’s parliamentary elections in Iran, Reporters Without Borders condemns the censorship imposed on the media, which prevents them from playing their role during the polling, and the continuing, relentless crackdown on…
Iran
200 Thousand Children have been Deterred from Receiving Education (Iran)
"There are more than 200 thousand dropout children across the country", Fatema Ghorban, the deputy minister of elementary education, said.