Iran Intensifies Crackdown on Kurdish Areas as Protests Rage
DUBAI, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Iranian security forces stepped up their crackdown on Kurdish regions of the country overnight, deploying shock troops, as authorities pursued their deadly suppression of nationwide protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death in...
Britain Temporarily Closes Embassy in Tehran
LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The British embassy in Tehran has been temporarily closed, the government said on Wednesday.
"We have temporarily closed the British Embassy in Tehran, this will now operate remotely. Foreign Office travel advice...
Islamic Republic Cracks Down On Women In Hejab Enforcement Operation
By Kayhan Life Staff
On April 13, Iranian security forces, including the Basij (volunteer militias) and units from an Iranian state board on moral propriety -- the Enjoying Good and Forbidding Evil HQ -- began...
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...
Iran Stages Pro-Government Rallies After Days of Violent Unrest
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of Iran's clerical establishment rallied in Tehran on Monday, accusing the United States and Israel of instigating the most violent anti-government protests in at least...
Iran’s Tasnim Newspaper Denies Armita Geravand’s Mother Was Arrested
By Parisa Hafezi and Elwely Elwelly
DUBAI, Oct 5 (Reuters) - An Iranian rights group said that security forces on Thursday arrested the mother of a teenage girl who was in a coma in hospital following a...
[Tabriz] Retirees Rally Again Across Cities of Iran
Sunday 23rd January 2022 – Iran, Tabriz:
Retirees Rally again across cities of Iran: “Baseless promises”, “the accounting is not clear, nobody gives us an answer on what’s going on”, incompetent official resign resign”, “inept...
Iran’s Government Must Stop Executions of Protesters, Says UN Fact-Finding Mission
GENEVA, July 5 (Reuters) - A fact-finding mission mandated by the U.N. urged Iranian authorities on Wednesday to stop executing people who were sentenced to death for taking part in anti-government protests that rocked the country last year.
The death...
Director Mohammad Rasoulof Flees Iran Ahead of Cannes Premiere
CANNES, May 13 (Reuters) - Mohammad Rasoulof, a celebrated Iranian director whose latest film is competing in the Cannes Film Festival, has fled Iran after being sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging.
In a statement dated Sunday, Rasoulof...
EXCLUSIVE: Iranian Ministry Classified Letter Orders Suppression of Food Price Reports
By Kayhan Life Staff
Kayhan Life has obtained a classified letter sent by the chief of the security organization of the Ministry of Agriculture Jihad to all deputy ministers, heads of departments of the ministry,...
