Eighteen UN experts jointly and unitedly condemn Iran’s targeting of Baha’i women as 10 in ...
Geneva, Oct. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A group of 18 United Nations Special Rapporteurs and UN Working Group experts have released a joint letter of allegations(link is external) rebuking the Islamic Republic of Iran for the recent rise in attacks against Baha’i women. Women from Iran’s Baha’i community face intersectional persecution as both women and as Baha’is. “We express serious concern at what appears to be an increase in systematic targeting of Iranian women belonging to the Baha’i religious minority throughout the country,”...
Iran suspends indirect talks with US amid rising Middle East tensions
Iran has suspended indirect talks with the United States on account of the "special situation in the region," Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said while on a visit to Oman, Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on Monday. Araghchi did not provide further details. Oman has in the past mediated between Iran and the West, but this option would not be used for the present, Araghchi said. "We do not currently see any context for these talks until we have overcome the current crisis," he said. "We do not want war or conflict, even if we are fully prepared for it," IRNA reported Araghchi saying. With tensions in the Middle East rising, observers fear that war between Iran and Israel is becoming more likely. Almost two weeks ago, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched around 200 ballistic missiles at Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to retaliate.
Iran sends mixed messages over how to respond to Israel attack
Iranian officials are sending mixed signals about how the Islamic republic plans to respond to Israeli strikes within its borders. Israel launched a strike on a network of military bases south of the capital city of Tehran early Saturday. One of the complexes struck by the missiles, Parchin military base, is believed to have once […]