Yuji Yoshikata

Dec 10, 2024 | japannews.yomiuri.co.jp | Yuji Yoshikata

TEHRAN — Last year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, who has been released temporarily from a Tehran prison on medical grounds, vowed to continue her fight for women’s rights. “I will not keep silent,” she said during an exclusive interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun. Mohammadi gave her first in-person interview with a media organization since receiving her Nobel Prize at her home in the Iranian capital on Thursday.

Nov 28, 2024 | japannews.yomiuri.co.jp | Yuji Yoshikata

KABUL — A memorial ceremony was held for Japanese doctor and humanitarian Tetsu Nakamura in Kabul on Wednesday, ahead of the fifth anniversary of his murder in Afghanistan. A private sports facility named after him, which was the venue of last year’s ceremony, was demolished due to a landownership issue. This year’s ceremony was held at a rented space, which will only be available for a short while. A ceremony organizer is hoping to be able to hold the event again next year.

Feb 28, 2024 | japannews.yomiuri.co.jp | Yuji Yoshikata

This is the third and final installment of a series examining the current state of the “revolutionary regime,” which pushes back against public discontent with hardline policies. *** On the icy cold morning of Feb. 1, with a temperature of just 1 C, senior members of the Islamic Association of Instructors of Universities, a reformist political party, gathered in a central Tehran building. There, party members confirmed that they would not participate in the March 1 parliamentary election.

Feb 27, 2024 | japannews.yomiuri.co.jp | Yuji Yoshikata

This is the second installment of a series examining the current state of Iran’s “revolutionary regime,” which pushes back against public discontent with hardline policies. *** University of Tehran Assistant Prof. Mohsen Borhani, 45, could not believe what a university staff member told him in July when he happened to meet her on the main street in front of the university. “I’m sorry to hear about your suspension. My condolences,” she said.

Feb 25, 2024 | japannews.yomiuri.co.jp | Yuji Yoshikata

Iran marked the 45th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution on Feb. 11. This is the first installment of a series examining the current situation of the “revolutionary” state, which pushes back against public discontent with hardline policies. Mohammad-Hossein Mobaraki, a 61-year-old Islamic cleric in Iran, said it happened in the blink of an eye.