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Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh wins the 2026 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize (opens the original)
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Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh is one of Iran's best-known human rights activists. On September 28, she was awarded the Council of Europe's Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize. In 2026, Sotoudeh was one of three finalists for prize. The other nominees were the Iranian-American journalist and women's rights activist Masih Alinejad and the Hungarian human rights lawyer Marta Pardavi. The Council of Europe is honoring Sotoudeh's longstanding commitment to human rights and her work, which she has c
Iranian President Pezeshkian brought a diplomatic tone to New York for UNGA. What did his remarks signal? (opens the original)
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who travelled to New York to attend the UN General Assembly, met with American journalists and media representatives. In an interview with the conservative US broadcaster Fox News, he signaled a willingness to make concessions in the nuclear dispute with the United States. Washington has made clear that Iran must never be allowed to possess nuclear weapons. Asked whether Iran was prepared to hand over its highly enriched uranium, Pezeshkian said his country w
'From Evin, with Love:' Women's art in an Iranian prison (opens the original)
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Handmade dolls, leather bags, wooden frames, paintings, hand-knit carpets and many other objects tell the stories of women whose creativity reached beyond the walls of Evin Prison – reflecting both their courage to resist and their hope for a life of freedom for everyone in Iran. Amid the ongoing war with the US, the regime is only cracking down harder on the political opposition. This hand-knit carpet was made by anthropology student Leila Hosseinzadeh. She chose as its motif the dance of Khoda
The Iran war is spreading in the Middle East and Trump has yet to find a way out (opens the original)
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Nearly seven months into the Iran war, negotiations between Washington and Tehran have led nowhere, and the conflict has spread from the Strait of Hormuz to another strategically important shipping route. In September, Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen took over critical positions on the Yemeni coast and are threatening Red Sea trade routes while launching attacks on targets in Saudi Arabia. This compounds a global energy crunch brought on by the Strait of Hormuz blockade. Earlier in September
Iran's 'Woman, Life, Freedom' spirit lives on amid war (opens the original)
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On September 16, 2022, Jina Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, died away in a Tehran hospital . She had left her home in northwestern Iran to visit the capital and was then confronted by Tehran's morality police, who claimed the she was violating the mandate for women to cover their hair. The police arrested her. Three days later, she was declared dead. For many Iranians, the brutality of law enforcement officers toward women accused of violating hijab rules was nothing new. And yet, Amin
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