Negar Mojtahedi

Online News Reporter/Producer

Author Archives

• ‘The world is watching’: Large crowds in Vancouver protests executions in Iran

  According to Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, from Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights, in the past three and half months, Iran has executed 267 people.

  World

  May 21
• Officials raise the alarm about ‘execution spree’ in Iran

  “We are facing genocide,” Naela Quadri Baloch said. “They are killing Baloch in cold-blooded manner in the name of enemies of God.”

  World

  May 15
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• Family still grieves for answers 5 years after fatal fire in North Vancouver

  North Vancouver RCMP launched a joint investigation with the District of North Vancouver and could not pinpoint what caused the deadly fire.

  Fire

  May 8
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• B.C. man worries for cousin, a Bahá’í woman jailed in Iran’s Evin prison

  Baha’is in Iran are not allowed to attend university, they’re barred from holding any public sector job, and their homes are often subject to raids and demolition.

  World

  Apr 24
• Chemical attacks on Iranian school girls on the rise

  Saeed Ghasseminejad, a Senior Advisor and Financial Economist at the FDD says “there are more than 300 deliberate chemical attacks are confirmed.”

  Crime

  Apr 14
• ‘Confusing feeling’: Iranian Canadian activist shares anguish, hope on Persian New Year

  The fight for freedom in Iran weighs heavily on the minds of the Iranian Canadian community, casting a dark shadow over an ancient holiday linked with spring and renewal.

  Canada

  Mar 20
• Rally condemning suspected poisonings of Iranian schools girls held in Vancouver

  After months of downplaying the incidents, Iran’s Health Minister said the girls have suffered “mild poison attacks.”

  Canada

  Mar 12
• Canadian woman missing in Iran and her family believes she’s been detained

  Her family says Behnoush, a Canadian-Iranian who lived in Metro Vancouver, was not a political person. She was a manager at a spa in West Vancouver.

  World

  Mar 7
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• Canadian activists cataloguing atrocities in Iran

  Farid Najafi, one of the founders of Iranian Knowledge said the couple, bloggers based out of Tehran, “were arrested and violently beaten up.

  World

  Feb 3
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• B.C. MP advocating for young Iranian protestor reportedly at risk of imminent execution

  John Aldag said watching the video of Mohammed Ghobodloo’s mother breaks his heart and gives him, even more, resolve to push for justice for his political sponsor and his family.

  Crime

  Jan 13
• Thousands rally in North Vancouver, B.C., in solidarity for Flight 752 victims’ families

  Thousands of people participated and showed their support for the the victims and families impacted by the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 Sunday afternoon.

  World

  Jan 8
• Calls for justice as 3rd anniversary of downing of flight Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752 approaches

  On Jan. 8, 2020, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps shot the plane down shortly after takeoff from Tehran, killing all 176 passengers and crew aboard.

  Canada

  Jan 6
• Iranian protester left blind in one eye, faces barriers to come to Canada for help

  Saman is one of the hundreds of victims to have suffered severe eye injuries by security forces since mid-September according to doctors in Iran.

  World

  Jan 2
• Canadian doctors raise alarm as Iranian healthcare workers targeted by regime

  The Iranian regime is allegedly detaining, torturing and killing healthcare workers who have treated patients injured during anti-government protests.

  World

  Dec 23, 2022
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• Iranian-Canadians call on MPs to take a stand against regime’s deadly crackdown

  A B.C. woman is calling on Canadian MPs to become political sponsors of Iranian political prisoners, most of whom are in danger of imminent execution on bogus charges.

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2022
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• ‘Silence is not the answer’: Iranian-Canadians horrified by first-known execution

  Iranian-Canadian human rights advocate Nazanin Afshin-Jam, who founded Stop Child Executions, said the western world needs to take action now and go beyond condemnation.

  World

  Dec 8, 2022
• ‘Oppressions and injustice’: Canadians want fair trial for imprisoned Iranian philanthropists

  Vancouver doctors seek help for Farzaneh and Dr. Hamid Ghare-Hassanlou, who are among 28 people who may face execution in connection with the ongoing freedom protests in Iran.

  World

  Dec 5, 2022
• Canadian, American, Iranian lawyers team up to identify IRGC members in Canada

  A B.C.-based lawyer has helped created a website to identify and investigate reports of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members living in Canada.

  Canada

  Dec 2, 2022
• ‘It was very emotional’: B.C. woman describes taking part in protests in Iran

  Nazanin, a B.C. woman, recently returned home to Metro Vancouver from Iran after taking part in protests and witnessing events that have left her with nightmares.

  World

  Nov 17, 2022
• Iranian-born Canadian fears for his friends in Iranian prison where he spent 11 years

  Saeed Malekpour, living in exile in Vancouver, spent 11 years behind bars in Evin and anxiously watched dramatic videos of the fire on his social media feeds.

  World

  Oct 21, 2022
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• Crackdown in Kurdish region of Iran hits home for Port Moody, B.C. woman

  Video has begun to emerge showing the Iranian government has brought in tanks to crush protests in the Kurdish town of Sanandaj in the country's west. 

  World

  Oct 13, 2022
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• Images of violence at university prompt ‘rage and helplessness’ among Iranian-Canadians

  Violence broke out at Iran's Sharif University of Technology this weekend, with witnesses describing police beating and detaining scores of student protesters.

  World

  Oct 3, 2022
• ‘Mahsa is all these people’: Vancouverites rally over death of Iranian woman in police custody

  Protesters gathered at the U.S. consulate in Vancouver, some holding banners bearing Amini's photo and calling for justice, amid chants of "USA don't support terrorists."

  World

  Sep 22, 2022
• Petition pushes B.C. government for tighter COVID-19 travel and quarantine restrictions

  One SFU expert said different strains of COVID-19 are moving about and there is "definitely a connection" between travel and the spread of the novel coronavirus.

  Health

  Jan 20, 2021
• ‘My life is different now’: B.C. woman remembers parents killed in Iran plane crash, one year later

  Kimia Pourshaban Oshibi says grieving has been especially difficult under the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Canada

  Jan 8, 2021