ANALYSIS: Behind Iran’s Biggest-Ever Teachers’ Strike
By Roshanak Astaraki
Last week saw the largest ever nationwide strike by teachers in Iran. Tens of thousands of teachers marched in some 100 cities across Iran, demanding their rights as articulated by the Iranian...
Iranian Security Body Says 200 People Lost Lives in Recent Protests
DUBAI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday hailed Iran's Islamic Republic as a guarantor of rights and freedoms, defending the ruling system amid a crackdown on anti-government protests that the United Nations says has...
[VIDEO3] Investors in the Tehran Stock Exchange #TSE Protest in Front of the Parliament
Thursday 20th January 2022 - Iran, Tehran:
Investors in Tehran Stock Exchange #TSE protest in front of the Majles (Parliament) following the continuing heavy losses in the capital market. "Our enemy is here, they lie...
London Rally in Solidarity with Ahoo Daryaie and Women’s Rights in Iran
By Kayhan Life Staff
On 8 Nov., a demonstration was held in London to raise awareness about the ongoing persecution of women in Iran. Iranian and non-Iranian activists marched from Parliament Square to Trafalgar Square,...
Iran Government Protest Held in Front of the Iranian Embassy in London
London, United Kingdom, Sept 25 (Kayhan Life) - A protest against Iran's government and regime was held in front of the Iranian embassy in London on Sept. 25, following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa...
UK Sanctions 24 Iranian Officials Over Violent Crackdown on Protests
LONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Britain said on Monday it was sanctioning two dozen Iranian officials including a government minister over what it called a "violent repression of protests" sparked by the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody.
The sanctions, coordinated with...
Canada Imposes New Sanctions Over Human Rights Violations in Iran
Oct 19 (Reuters) - Canada imposed sanctions on six individuals and four entities on Wednesday that it said were among the worst offenders that have participated in or enabled "gross human rights violations" in Iran.
"Canada will continue...
Iranian Workers Stage Nationwide Strike; More than 60 Companies Are Impacted
By Kayhan Life Staff
A nationwide strike by Iranian oil workers on fixed-term contracts — which started a day after the June 18 Iranian presidential elections — has spread to at least 62 oil, gas,...
Spanish Woman Freed From Iran Jail Says Positive Thoughts Kept Her Going
MADRID, March 2 (Reuters) - A 25-year-old Spanish woman who was jailed for over four months in Iran on spying charges and has now returned home after her release last week, said she kept forcing herself throughout her ordeal...
Iran Top Court Accepts Rapper Yasin’s Appeal Against Death Sentence
Dec 24 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Court has accepted an appeal by rapper Saman Seydi Yasin against his death sentence even as it confirmed the same sentence against another protester, the judiciary said on Saturday.
Yasin, a Kurd who raps about...
