Iran Executions Double in First Half of 2025, UN Urges Halt
Iran has executed twice as many people during the first half of 2025 compared to the same period last year.
WorldIran has executed twice as many people during the first half of 2025 compared to the same period last year.
WorldIranian and European diplomats met on Friday in Istanbul in a new attempt to resolve the deadlock surrounding Tehran's nuclear energy program.
WorldIranian government offices, banks and businesses in Tehran will be closed on Wednesday due to an intense heat wave that is expected to hit the city, reports state media.
WorldFrance, the United Kingdom and Germany will initiate new talks with Iran about the country's nuclear energy program on Friday. This confirms Teheran.
WorldIn just a few weeks, over half a million Afghans in Iran have been forced to make their way to Afghanistan. Afghans in Pakistan are also returning. This is an extreme humanitarian crisis, says Charlotte Hallqvist at the UN's refugee agency, UNHCR.
WorldIran's president Masoud Pezeshkian was injured during the twelve-day long war with Israel in June, according to an Iranian report.
ConflictsIran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says that the country's military capability is not subject to discussion in any potential nuclear energy talks.
WorldAfter over 15 years in exile, the Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi looks forward to returning to her Iran. And soon. After the war against Israel, the dictatorship is weak, she says. All that is required is a popular uprising. It will definitely lead to the regime being overthrown and it will happen in the near future.
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