Iran’s President Says Subsidised Fuel Prices Are Irrational
By Elwely Elwelly
DUBAI, Aug 27 (Reuters) - President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a video published on Tuesday that fuel subsidies made no sense in Iran, a major oil producer with a struggling economy that has faced protests...
Iran’s Parliament to Investigate ‘Toxic Gas Attacks’ on Girls’ Schools
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Majlis (Iranian Parliament) has established a working group to investigate the recent wave of apparent toxic gas attacks on girls’ schools in several Iranian cities.
The chair of the Majlis’ Education,...
U.S. Says Iran May Have Killed More Than 1,000 in Recent Protests
By Humeyra Pamuk
WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Iranian security forces may have killed more than 1,000 people, the top U.S. diplomat for Iran said on Thursday, since protests over gasoline price hikes began in mid-November, a crackdown...
SPECIAL REPORT- Islamic Republic’s Leader Ordered Crackdown on Unrest: “Do Whatever It Takes to...
By Reuters staff
Dec 23 (Reuters) - After days of protests across Iran last month, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared impatient. Gathering his top security and government officials together, he issued an order: Do whatever it...
U.S. Charges Three in Tehran-Backed Effort to Assassinate Journalist
By Luc Cohen
NEW YORK, Jan 27 (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors have charged three men with attempting to assassinate a prominent critic of Iran's government who was previously the target of a failed Tehran-backed kidnapping plot,...
Blogger Sattar Beheshti’s Mother, Sister Arrested on Anniversary Of His Death
By Kayhan Life Staff
A day before the anniversary of the death of the Iranian blogger Seyyed Sattar Beheshti, security police raided the house of his mother Gohar Eshghi, arresting her and seizing some belongings,...
EU Parliament Calls for More Sanctions Against Iranian Regime
BRUSSELS, Jan 19 (Reuters) - European lawmakers adopted a resolution on Thursday calling for more sanctions against all Iranian individuals and entities responsible for human right violations and also voted for the Revolutionary Guard Corps to be...
Iran Arrests Europeans Accused of Role in Unrest
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Iran, which has blamed "foreign enemies" for protests that swept the country after the death of a woman in police custody, has arrested nine European nationals for their role...
Iran Reroutes Plane Carrying Soccer Star’s Wife, Blames UK Over Unrest
DUBAI, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Iranian authorities rerouted a flight bound for Dubai on Monday and prevented the wife and daughter of former national soccer team captain Ali Daei, who has supported anti-government protests, from leaving...
EXCLUSIVE-Citing Attack Threat, France Bans Iranian Opposition Rally -Document
By John Irish and Juliette Jabkhiro
PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - France has banned an upcoming Iranian opposition rally over the risk of an attack, according to a letter sent to the organisers and seen by Reuters, after...
