Washington, DC [US], March 9 (ANI): US President Donald Trump urged Australia to provide asylum to Iran's National Women's Soccer Team, warning that forcing the team back to Iran could put their lives at serious risk. In the ongoing AFC Women's Asian Cup 2026 tournament, Iran was eliminated from the tournament after suffering a hat-trick of defeats.
Five players from the Iranian Women’s National Football Team have left the team’s hotel in Gold Coast, Australia, and sought asylum in t ...
An Iranian living in Australia shared a screenshot of a private exchange with Zahra Khajavi, the goalkeeper of Iran’s Women’s National F ...
Five members of Iran’s women’s national football team have left the squad in Australia and sought refuge in the country, informed sources told Iran International on Monday.
After being eliminated from the Asian Cup, the players reportedly escaped their regime minders and are being looked after by police in Queensland Middle East crisis – live updates Five members of Iran’s women’s football team have been taken into the protection of police in Australia after refusing to return to their home country, after elimination from the Women’s Asian Cup, according to reports. Speculation had mounted for days that some of the players would try to seek asylum in Australia after reports that they had been called “traitors” for refusing to sing their national anthem before their opening game of the tournament last week. Continue reading...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has found evidence Israel used white phosphorus in residential areas of southern Lebanon earlier this month, in violation of international humanitarian law.
Turkish man in London Quran burning case was apparently convicted of wife’s killing Submitted by Ragip Soylu on Fri, 03/06/2026 - 12:44 Hamit Coskun, hailed in UK as a free speech champion, was jailed in Turkey for strangling his wife, according to court documents Hamit Coskun, pictured during an interview on GB News in June 2025 following his conviction which was overturned on appeal (YouTube) Off A Turkish man hailed as a champion of free speech in the UK after being cleared of criminal charges over the burning of a copy of the Quran outside his country’s London embassy was previously convicted of killing his wife, according to court documents seen by Middle East Eye. Hamit Coskun, 51, was sentenced to 16 years in prison by an Istanbul court in 2007 after being found guilty of aggravated homicide over the death of Vesia Coskun in September 2002, according to the Turkish court documents. Coskun, who is half Kurdish and half Armenian, was released in 2009, having spent nearly seven years in prison following his arrest in 2002.
Israel used white phosphorus in Lebanon: Report Human Rights Watch said on Monday that the Israeli military fired white phosphorus munitions over residential areas in southern Lebanon earlier this month which is illegal under international law. According to the rights group, the incident occurred on March 3 in the town of Yohmor. Investigators said they verified and geolocated seven images showing airburst white phosphorus munitions detonating above a populated neighbourhood.
New briefing highlights acts of humanity and solidarity gaining momentum in the face of attacks In the face of the global backlash against gender justice, and in the midst of the Epstein files scandal, an Amnesty International delegation led by Secretary General Agnès Callamard will call for more robust efforts to protect and advance the rights […] The post Global: Amnesty chief calls on states to step up resistance to attacks on gender justice and women’s rights at CSW70 appeared first on Amnesty International .
The Israeli government must address a crime wave in Palestinian towns.
According to a report by Shargh newspaper on Saturday, March 7, prominent lawyer and women’s rights activist Shima Ghowsheh has been rel ...
According to domestic media reports, on Friday, March 6, Hossein Karroubi (son of Green Movement leader Mehdi Karroubi), Ali Shakouri-Ra ...
The Islamic Republic's persecution of the Bahá'í minority has continued into early March 2026. Bahá'ís are being seized by armed plaincl ...
Police say Masood Masjoody was most likely murdered; Iranian expats suspect he was killed for his criticism of the theocratic regime Police in Canada have concluded that a missing Iranian activist was most likely the victim of murder, prompting fears that his disappearance has the hallmarks of a transnational repression campaign targeting critics of Tehran. Masood Masjoody, a mathematician critical of both Iran ’s theocratic regime and the exiled family of the former shah , went missing in early February in the city of Burnaby, British Columbia. Continue reading...
The new Criminal Regulation recently endorsed by the Taliban leader will further entrench violence and discrimination against women, Amnesty International said in a new legal analysis documenting its wide-ranging and regressive impact on human rights. The “Criminal Procedure Regulation of the Courts”, which lays out punishments and sentencing for a range of vague and overly […] The post Afghanistan: New criminal regulation targets women and minority groups with ever-harsher punishments appeared first on Amnesty International .
According to a report by EUobserver, citing intelligence sources within the European Commission, the ongoing war in Iran has so far not ...
A source familiar with the situation told IranWire that security agencies have pressured the players and coaching staff of Iran’s Women’ ...
Ahead of the first hearing in the trial of Istanbul Mayor and presidential candidate, Ekrem İmamoğlu, and 406 other defendants on charges including bribery and extortion, Dinushika Dissanayake, Amnesty’s Deputy Director for Europe, said: “After almost a year behind bars in pretrial detention, Ekrem İmamoğlu will take to the dock to face an absurd array of 142 charges set out in an almost 4,000 page indictment and carrying a ludicrous […] The post Türkiye: Politically-motivated prosecution of Istanbul mayor raises serious fair trial concerns appeared first on Amnesty International .
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed during the U. S. -Israeli strikes on Iran, was deeply respected among the millions of Shiite Muslims in Pakistan and India.
The Nigerian Government must immediately expedite their investigation into gas leaks across the Bille community in the oil-producing Niger Delta region, which are putting the lives of local residents in grave danger, warned Amnesty International. In October 2025, fishermen from Bille, a coastal town in Rivers State, reported seeing bubbling water accompanied by a sulphurous […] The post Nigeria: Government and oil firms must expedite investigation of gas leaks threatening to destroy Nigerian community appeared first on Amnesty International .
