UN Should Refer to Foreign Nationals Jailed in Iran As ‘Hostages,’ Richard Ratcliffe Says
By Natasha Phillips
The United Nations (UN) needs to review its position on the arbitrary detention of foreign nationals in Iran, and refer to them as hostages, Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of detained British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, has...
Iran Survey Shows Large Number of Protesters Injured by Security Forces
By Kayhan Life Staff
Some 60 percent of Iranians who participated in an opinion poll published by Iran Open Data on Jan. 19 said they had been involved in the recent nationwide protests, with one-third...
Prominent Sunni Cleric Denounces Iran Crackdown, Currency Near Record Low
DUBAI, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Iran's currency hovered near a historic low against the U.S. dollar on the unofficial foreign exchange market on Friday amid renewed street protests in the restive southeast, where a prominent dissident...
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,...
Iran’s Government Starts Trial of Female Journalist Who Covered Amini’s Death
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, May 30 (Reuters) - A Revolutionary Court in Iran on Tuesday began the trial of a female journalist behind closed doors on charges linked to her coverage of a Kurdish-Iranian woman whose death in custody...
EU Summons Iran Ambassador to Voice Outrage at Executions
BRUSSELS, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The European Union summoned Iran's ambassador to the bloc on Monday and told him it was appalled by the executions at the weekend of two Iranians arrested in the course of a violent...
Tehran Fountains Turn Red in Wake of Mahsa Amini Protests
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Public fountains of the Iranian capital were coloured red on Friday (October 7), as artists used the public spaces to draw attention to the protests that erupted following the death of Mahsa Amini.
The fountains appear...
Iran’s Ex-President Rouhani Faces Complaints From Parliamentary Committee
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Article 90 Committee of the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) has filed three complaints with the Judiciary against the former President Hassan Rouhani, accusing him of “dereliction of duty,” Nasrollah Pejmanfar, deputy...
Iranian Protest Songs Are Galvanizing the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ Revolution
By Ahmad Rafat
The Iranian authorities arrested singer, musician, and activist Mehdi Yarrahi on Aug. 28 on the orders of the Tehran prosecutor’s office. The Judiciary had launched an investigation of Mr. Yarrahi following the...
COMMENTARY: The Musical Anthem of Iran’s Protest Movement
By Potkin Azarmehr
Every revolution and mass uprising comes with its own music. Iran has never been an exception to this. The songs of each revolt or revolution are indicative of the nature of the...
