U.S. ‘Disappointed’ As UN Security Council Refuses to Reimpose Sanctions on Iran
By Kayhan Life Staff
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker has criticized the UN Security Council for refusing to trigger the “snapback” of all the sanctions on Iran that were...
UN Pressured to Investigate Iran’s President Over His Human Rights Record
By Natasha Phillips
A letter by the London-based NGO Campaign to Free Political Prisoners in Iran (CFPPI) asked the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to investigate Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi for alleged human rights...
Iranian Cities Experience Frequent Power Cuts
By Kayhan Life Staff
Several Iranian cities have been experiencing frequent power cuts in recent days. Vast areas of the country have been without electricity and water, lasting a few hours every day and disrupting...
Former Trump Aide Says UN Sanctions on Iran Must Be Restored
By Natasha Phillips
The U.S. tried to intensify its Maximum Pressure Campaign on Iran last month, with a bid to extend a United Nations arms embargo on the country, as outlined in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
The...
Many Underage Children Are Street Peddlers in Iran, Official Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Some 70,000 underage children are working as street traders and peddlers in Iran, the deputy director of the State Welfare Organization (SWO) Habibollah Massoudi-Farid has said, citing a recent study by...
Documentary on Ukrainian Airliner Death, Directed by Mania Akbari, Screens in London
By Ahmad Rafat
The London-based Iranian filmmaker Mania Akbari has shot a documentary about Elnaz Nabiyi, one of the 167 passengers who died when Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) air defense units shot down Ukrainian...
ANALYSIS: Will Saudi Arabia Join US Maximum Pressure Policy on Iran, Replacing EU?
By Kayhan Life Staff
The war of words between Iran and Saudi Arabia has escalated in recent weeks, after Riyadh announced that its security forces had dismantled a terror cell operating under the auspices of...
Dual National ‘Held Hostage’ in Iran Even After Release, Lawyer Says
By Natasha Phillips
Iranian-American Baquer Namazi has been barred from leaving Iran, even after his case was closed last year and a travel ban against him was lifted, according to his son Babak Namazi.
Babak Namazi issued a press...
Iranian Police Arrest Activist Fatemeh Sepehri, Devout Woman with Secular Views
By Ahmad Rafat
Fatemeh Sepehri -- the civil rights activist who was detained in Mashhad on Sunday, Aug. 1, during a peaceful demonstration in support of the people of Khuzestan and against the security situation...
